Torre and Lavaine Bid Farewell to the Body of Elaine by: Gustave DorĂ© (Artist) from: Elaine -  1867 This picture illustrates the lines from Tennyson's "Elaine" idyll, later renamed "Lancelot and Elaine": So those two brethren. . . . . . kissed her quiet brows, and saying to her "Sister, farewell for ever," and again "Farewell, sweet sister," parted all in tears.