Masefield - Modred to Arthur
(Guinevere and Lancelot)
You were poor puppets in a master's game;
I, Modred, was the cause of what befell.
I, Modred, Arthur's bastard, schemed and planned;
I, with my single hand,
gave but a touch, and, lo, the troubles came;
and loyally was ended in the land.
When shut from Heaven, devils create hell:
those who ignore this shall repent the same.
(Masefield)
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