History & Politics
LAUNCELOT, _on awaking
From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
History & Politics
'I stretch'd my hands towards her and fell down,
How long I lay in swoon I cannot tell:
My head and hands were bleeding from the stone,
When I rose up, also I heard a bell.'
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MLA
Morris, William. “LAUNCELOT, _on awaking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/94/.
Chicago
Morris, William. “LAUNCELOT, _on awaking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/94/.
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