The Death of King Arthur Quotes

“This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.
Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,
for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it.”
― Simon Armitage, The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation

“Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels.
Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.”
― Simon Armitage, The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation