Help! Trying to find an excerpt from The Eternal Champion Volume 1!!

[lanien]

Hi! I dont own any of the saga, ive only read from copies a old friend has, and ive been trying to figure out that poem thats in the beginning of volume 1. and from what i remember it starts out like "in dreams i found a..." .... yes, i know, not much to go by, but its all i have. I havent had any luck getting myself a copy without resorting to amazon.com, and i have no clue where i can get it. If anyone could help me out with this i would be eternally grateful!

[Michael Moorcock]

I don't have access to many of my file copies at this exact moment, but that sounds almost like the opening of The Eternal Champion.

[JohnDavey]

Dear all,

It is the opening of 'The Eternal Champion' (White Wolf ed.), and begins thus:-

I found in dreams a place of wind and flowers,
Full of sweet trees and colour of glad grass,
In midst whereof there was
A lady clothed like summer with sweet hours,
Her beauty, fervent as a fiery moon,
Made my blood burn and swoon
Like a flame rained upon.

It's by Ernest Wheldrake, called 'A Ballad Of Life', and is from Tanalorn [sic], An Elegy, 1868.

I won't reproduce the rest of it herein, not without Mike's permission, but will gladly do so if it's deemed okay.

Best,


John.

[Michael Moorcock]

Swinburne in his Wheldrake persona. We share that one...

[lanien]

thanks!

thats it!! oh my its great to read that again. I may now sleep many peaceful nights. thank you so much