Content am I so that I see thy face
But once a day: for I have sworn my vows,
And thou hast given thy promise, and I know
That all these pains are trials of my faith,
And that thyself, when thou hast seen me strained
And sifted to the utmost, wilt at length
Yield me thy love and know me for thy knight.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King: Pelleas and Etarre
(Image: ‘The Accolade’ by Edmund Blair Leighton)
Another favorite. ‘The Accolade’
good crown action