A Tale of Sir Galahad

by Ned Bustard

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Summary

In Arthurian lore, Sir Galahad was the son of Sir Lancelot, though he surpassed his father in both chivalry and purity. He carried a shield bearing a cross drawn in blood by Joseph of Arimathea, and he weilded the sword of King David. He journeyed on the quest for the Holy Grail with Sir Bors, Sir Percival and Percival’s sister Dindaine. Of all the knights in King Arthur’s court at Camelot, these three men were the only ones to see the Grail. They achieved the Grail at the castle Carbonek.
In the end, Galahad came upon Joseph of Arimathea saying Mass, saw the Grail again, then was taken to Heaven.


My good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure . . .

. . . Then move the trees, the copses nod,
Wings flutter, voices hover clear:
“O just and faithful knight of God!
Ride on! the prize is near.”
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange;
By bridge and ford, by park and pale,
All-arm’d I ride, whate’er betide,
Until I find the holy Grail.
—from Alfred Tennyson’s Sir Galahad

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