Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight

Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight
An Alliterative Romance-Poem
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Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight
An Alliterative Romance-Poem
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. The hazel and the hawthorn intermingled were all overgrown with moss, and upon their boughs sat many sad birds that piteously piped for pain of the cold. Gawayne besought the Lord and Mary to guide him to some habitation where he might hear mass (ll. 730-762). Scarcely had he crossed himself thrice, when he perceived a dwelling in the wood set upon a hill. It was the loveliest castle he had ever beheld. It was pitched on a prairie, with a park all about it, enclosing many a tree for more than two miles. It shone as the sun through the bright oaks (ll. 763-772).

Gawayne urges on his steed Gringolet, and finds himself at the "chief gate." He called aloud, and soon there appeared a "porter" on the wall, who demanded his errand.

"Good sir," quoth Gawayne, "wouldst thou go to the high lord of this house, and crave a lodging for me?"

"Yea, by Peter!" replied the porter, "well I know that thou art welcome to dwell here as long as thou likest."

The drawbridge is soon let down, and the ga

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Sir Gawain, is an excellent work that survived by way of a single manuscript. It is the tale of Sir Gawain, a knight of the round table who accepts a challenge from the Green Knight around Christmas, and must set out to find him in one year to fulfil the second half of a deadly challenge. However all is not as it seems. A good King Arthur story full of descriptions, deceit, and the Sir Gawain's quest for honour.