Sir Gawain and the Green Knightprobably by the Pearl poetThis medieval tale, which recounts events that began one Christmas-tide in King Arthur's day, is simply too long for me to type out. An in-progress modern English translation can be found at http://www.jps.net/pdeane/fgr/. If you can make sense of middle English, the text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is online. If you can make sense of old English, try the old English version. There is also a version, "retold by Lancelot," available at Lancelot's Castle. Christmas Poems
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