The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

XLI Sir ARTHUR sits again at feast Within the high and holy hall Of Camelot. From West to East The Table Round hath burst the thrall Of Paynimrie. The goodliest gree Sits on the gay knights, one and all ; Till Arthur: “ Of your chivalry, Knights, let us drink the happiness Of the one knight we lack ” (quoth he) ; “ For surely in some sore distress May be Sir Palamede.” Then they Rose as one man in glad liesse To honour that great health. ‘“God’s way Is not as man’s” (quoth Lancelot). “Yet, may God send him back this day, His quest achieved, to Camelot!” “ Amen!” they cried, and raised the bow! ; When—the wind rose, a blast as hot 109