Charlton Miner Lewis 
Gawayne and the Green Knight 

Arms and the man I sing, —not as of old The Mantuan bard his mighty verse unrolled, But in such humbler strains as may beseem Light changes rung on a fantastic theme.My tale is ancient, but the sense is new, —Replete with monstrous fictions, yet half true;—And, if you’ll follow till the story’s done, I promise much instruction, and some fun