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MERLIN AND THE GLEAM
vii.Clouds and darknessClosed upon Camelot;Arthur had vanish’dI knew not whither,The king who loved me,And cannot die;For out of the darknessSilent and slowlyThe Gleam, that had waned to a wintry glimmerOn icy fallowAnd faded forest,Drew to the valleyNamed of the shadow,And slowly brightening