The Black Knight
The Black Knight
Original Text
John Todhunter, Forest Songs and Other Poems (London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co., 1881): 66. 11653.g.2 British Library
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1A beaten and a baffled man,2 My life drags lamely day by day,
3Too young to die, too old to plan,
4 In failure grey.
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5The knights ride east, the knights ride west,6 For ladyes' tokens blithe of cheer,
7Each bound upon some gallant quest;
8 While I rust here.
Publication Start Year
1881
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 2001.
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