John Todhunter (1839-1916). The Black Knight. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Black Knight

By John Todhunter (1839–1916)


A BEATEN and a baffled man,
My life drags lamely day by day,
Too young to die, too old to plan,
In failure grey.

The knights ride east, the knights ride west,	5
For ladyes’ tokens blithe of cheer,
Each bound upon some gallant quest;
While I rust here.