Hello. I'm writing in regard to a line that greatly confuses me in the poem, where the author describes how the character of Sir Bevidere looks at Arthur "remorsefully thro' tears." This is due to his having hurled the sword Excalibur into the lake, resulting in premonitions of Arthur's death. But he only did this on the third time of asking, and only because Arthur was absolutely adamant that he ought to, having literally threatened to kill him if he didn't. In what sense could it possibly be Bevidere's fault that the act yielded such results? Why does he feel remorse?

All I can think is that the meaning of the word has gradually altered, and that in Victorian England it simply meant general regret or sorrow, rather than self blame?