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Then, after seven hundred years, a host of singers, Tennyson leading them all, attuned the old Celtic harp. They reset for us the Cymric melody and colorful incidents in "the light that never was on sea or land." THEN AFTER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS A HOST OF SINGERS TENNYSON LEADING THEM ALL ATTUNE TO THE OLD CELTIC HAP THEY RESET US TO THE CUMBRIC MELODY AND COLORFUL INCIDENT IN THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS ON SEA OR LAND
of the Holy Grail, and of Arthur and his Knights. All the precious lore of the Celtic race became transfigured, to illustrate and enforce Christian truth. The symbolical bowl, the Celtic caldron of abundance, became the cup of the Eucharist and the Grail the symbol of blessings eternal. By the artists, in the stained glass, and in windows of the great churches, which were built no longer of wood but of stone, that blossomed under the chisel, the old legends were, by the new currents of truth, given a mystic glow. As wonderful as the rise of Gothic architecture and the upbuilding of cathedrals, as glorious as the light and art, that beautify the great temples of worship, was this re-birth of the Arthurian legends. For now, again, the old virtues of the knightly days--loyalty, obedience, redress of wrongs, reverence of womanhood, and the application of Christian ethics to the old rude rules of decency, lifted the life of the common people to a nobler plane and ushered in the modern days. AM OF BETHLEHEM AND OF THE CROSS OF THE HOLY GRAAL AND OF ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS ALL OF THE PRECIOUS LORD OF THE CELTIC RACE BECAME TRANSFIGURED TO ILLUMINATE AND ENFORCE CHRISTIAN TRUTH THE SPIRITUAL BALL THE CELTIC CULDRON OF ABUNDANCE BECAME THE CUP OF THE EUCHARIST AND THE GRAAL THE SYMBOL OF BLESSINGS ETERNAL BY THE ARTISTS IN THE STAINED GLASS AND IN THE WINDOWS OF THE GREAT CHURCHES WHICH WERE BUILT NO LONGER OF WOOD BUT OF STONE THAT BLOSSOMED UNDER THE CHISEL THE OLD LEGENDS WERE BY THE CURRENTS OF TRUTH GIVEN A MYSTIC GLOW AS WONDERFUL AS THE RISE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE UPBUILDING OF CATHEDRALS AS GLORIOUS AS THE LIGHT AND ARTS THAT BEAUTIFY THE GREAT TEMPLES OF WORSHIP WAS THIS REBIRTH TO THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS FOR NOW AGAIN THE OLD VIRTUES OF THE NIGHTLY DAYS LOYALTY OBEDIENCE REDRESS OF WRONGS REVERENCE OF WOMANHOOD AND THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS TO THE OLD RUDE RULES OF DECENCY LIFT THE LIFE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE TO A NOBLER PLANE AND USHERED IN MODERN DAYS
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