SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT
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“Faugh!” cried the knight. “Thought, word, and act
Confirm me. I have proved the quest
Impossible. I break the pact.
Back to the gilded halls, confessed
A recreant! Achieved or not,
This task hath earned a foison—rest.
In Caerlon and Camelot
Let me embrace my fellow-men !
To buss the wenches, pass the pot,
Is now the enviable lot
Of Palamede the Saracen!”