Astolat
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It is a style that also allows individual episodes to shine: best of all when Mariah Gale's touching Elaine of Astolat pines and dies, out of unrequited love for Launcelot, before ascending into the heavens.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010
The mood became reminiscent: the love-blighted lily of Astolat guarding the wayward knight's shield in a tower, pining away.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not a lily maid of Astolat they saw, but a middle-aged woman whose hands, in stiff-looking gloves, grasped a pair of beads obediently.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
His Elaine seemed to him a creature from another sphere—isolated, innocent, and wilful as the Maid of Astolat herself.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
"Those were dull days," said the Lord of Astolat, "until Arthur came and drove the heathen away."
From Tales from Tennyson by Bellew, Molly K.
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