Yes, Malory does actually use the term 'Castle of the Hard Rock'. 🤘

#Arthuriana #Lyre

What’s that on your shield sir Tristram, What’s that on your shield I say? What’s that on your shield, you bring to the field, At the Castle of Hard Rock today,

My liege I bring this shield to battle, I bring this shield into the fray, I bring this bright shield, I’ll fight and not yield, I carry for Morgan Le Fey,

But what is the meaning sir Tristram, What is the meaning held here, Of the sign of a king And the sign of a queen, And a knight in between them so clear,

My liege I can say not the meaning, My liege I can not break the spell, The shield that I bear, Morgana did share, But its secret she had shrouded well,

The queen she had kenned well the meaning, The queen she was filled with great woe, For the shield showed the tryst, That King Arthur had missed, Her love for Sir Lancelot oh,

But there was a maid in the chamber, A Maid of that Morgan le Fey, King Arthur for he, Dim as he be, She to him the shields secret did say,

And Arthur he flew into anger, And Arthur he fell into grief, He never did guess, The Queen’s unfaithfulness, Or that Lancelot would be loves thief.