Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945), “Merlin and Vivien” from: Idylls of the King. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. (via Brickdale’s “Merlin and Vivien”)
And even in saying this, Her memory from old habit of the mind Went slipping back upon the golden days In which she saw him first, when Lancelot came, Reputed the best knight and goodliest man, - Alfred, lord Tennyson
“Guinevere’s golden days” by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale