{"product_id":"merlin-and-vivien-von-alfred-lord-tennyson","title":"Merlin And Vivien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" A storm was coming, but the winds were still,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the wild woods of Broceliande,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore an oak, so hollow, huge and old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt looked a tower of ivied masonwork,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Merlin's feet the wily Vivien lay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor he that always bare in bitter grudge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slights of Arthur and his Table, Mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cornish King, had heard a wandering voice,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA minstrel of Caerlon by strong storm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlown into shelter at Tintagil, say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat out of naked knightlike purity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Lancelot worshipt no unmarried girl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the great Queen herself, fought in her name,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSware by her--vows like theirs, that high in heaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove most, but neither marry, nor are given\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn marriage, angels of our Lord's report.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe ceased, and then--for Vivien sweetly said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(She sat beside the banquet nearest Mark),\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'And is the fair example followed, Sir,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Arthur's household?'--answered innocently:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ay, by some few--ay, truly--youths that hold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt more beseems the perfect virgin knight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo worship woman as true wife beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll hopes of gaining, than as maiden girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey place their pride in Lancelot and the Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo passionate for an utter purity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the limit of their bond, are these,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Arthur bound them not to singleness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrave hearts and clean! and yet God guide them young.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041817559\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041817559","offer_id":46891446894917,"sku":"9791041817559","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/75a66053-1a2d-4328-99a2-cb7512d77a6e.jpg?v=1768632560","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/merlin-and-vivien-von-alfred-lord-tennyson","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}