<hr style="width: 65%;" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[Pg 239]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>NEAR AVALON</h2>
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<span class="id0"><span class="dcap">A</span> SHIP with shields before the sun,<br/></span>
<span class="id0">Six maidens round the mast,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A red-gold crown on every one,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A green gown on the last.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">The fluttering green banners there<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Are wrought with ladies' heads most fair,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And a portraiture of Guenevere<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The middle of each sail doth bear.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">A ship which sails before the wind,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And round the helm six knights,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Their heaumes are on, whereby, half blind,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">They pass by many sights.<br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[Pg 240]</SPAN></span></div>
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<span class="i0">The tatter'd scarlet banners there,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Right soon will leave the spear-heads bare.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Those six knights sorrowfully bear,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">In all their heaumes some yellow hair.<br/></span></div>
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