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In their new forms, they fired the imagination and illuminated, as with ten thousand lamps, many lands and nations, until they held every people in spell. In miracle and morality play, they reappeared in beauty. They attuned the harp and instrument of the musician and the troubadour, and these sang the gospel in all lands, north and south, while telling the stories of Adam, and of Abraham, of Bethlehem, and of the cross, of the Holy Grail, and of Arthur and his Knights. IN THEIR NEW FORMS THEY FIRED THE IMAGINATION AND ILLUMINATED AS WITH TEN THOUSAND LAMPS MANY LANDS AND NATIONS UNTIL THEY HELD EVERY PEOPLE IN SPELL IN MIRACLE AND MORALITY PLAY THEY REAPPEARED IN BEAUTY THEY ATTUNED THE HARP AND THE INSTRUMENT OF THE MUSICIAN AND TO RUBADOR AND THESE SANG THE GOSPELS IN ALL LANDS NORTH AND SOUTH WHILE TELLING THE STORIES OF ADAM AND OF ABRAHAM OF BETHLEHEM AND OF THE CROSS OF THE HOLY GRAAL AND OF ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
 disappeared, but rose again. First the shining blade, and then the hilt, and then a hand was seen to rise out of the flood. Thrice that hand waved the sword round and round. This was the prophecy of "the deathless from the dead." King Arthur's body might be hid in a cave, or molder in the ground, but his soul was to live and cheer his people. His beloved Cymric nation, with their undying language, were to rise in power again. And the resurrection has been glorious. Not by the might of the soldier, or by arms or war--though the Welsh never flinch from duty, or before the foe--but by the power of poet, singer and the narrator of stories, that touch the imagination, and fire the soul to noble deeds, have these results come. Arthur's good blade, thus waved above the waters, became a veritable sword of the Spirit. Men of genius arose to flush with color the old legends. Prophets, preachers, monks, missionaries carried these all over Europe, and made them the vehicles of Christian doctrine.  TIME AFTER IT HAD BEEN THROWN TO THE WATER IT DISAPPEARED BUT ROSE AGAIN FIRST THE SHINING BLADE THEN THE HILT THEN THE HAND WAS SEEN TO RISE OUT OF THE FLOOD THRICE THAT HAND WAVED THE SWORD ROUND AND ROUND THIS WAS THE PROPHECY OF THE DEATHLESS FROM THE DEAD KING ARTHUR'S BODY MIGHT BE HIDDEN IN A CAVE OR MOULDED IN THE GROUND BUT HIS SOUL WAS TO LIVE AND CHEER ON HIS PEOPLE HIS BELOVED CONDIGNATION WITH THEIR UNDYING LANGUAGE WERE TO RISE TO POWER AGAIN AND THE RESURGENT HAS BEEN GLORIOUS NOT BY THE MIGHT OF THE SOLDIER OR BY ARMS OR WAR THOUGH THE WELSH NEVER FLINCH FROM DUTY OR BEFORE THE FOE BUT THE POWER OF THE POET SINGER AND NARRATOR OF STORIES THAT TOUCH THE IMAGINATION AND FIRE THE SOUL TO NOBLE DEEDS HAVE THESE RESULTS COME ARTHUR'S GOOD BLADES THUS WAVED ABOVE THE WATER BECAME A VERITABLE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT MEN OF GENIUS AROSE TO FLUSH WITH COLOR THE OLD LEGENDS PROPHETS PREACHERS MONKS MISSIONARIES CARRIED ALL OVER EUROPE AND MADE THEM THE VEHICLES OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
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