Launcelot
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Lewis, Sinclair. Launcelot. Printed by the Harvard Press for Harvey Taylor, n.d. [1932]. No. 16 of 100 copies.
The short lyric poem, 'Launcelot' (originally published in the Yale Literary Magazine in 1904), was a youthful venture and the first published work by novelist Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951). The poem uses an autumn day that is 'chill and drear' to reflect the mood of Launcelot as he rides 'thinking Guenevere / Proves almost unkind.'