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He set his horse in the battle breech Even Guthrum of the Dane, And as ever had fallen fell his brand, A falling tower o'er many a land, But Gurth the fowler laid one hand Upon this bridle rein. HE SET HIS HORSE IN A BATTLE BREACH EVEN GOTHROM OF THE DANE AND AS EVER HAD FALLEN FELL HIS BRAND A FALLING TOWER OR MANY A LAND BUT GURTH THE FOWLER LAID ONE HAND UPON HIS BRIDLE REIN
 died; And the wild sea-lords well might quail As the ghastly war-pipes of the Gael Called to the horns of White Horse Vale, And all the horns replied. And Hildred the poor hedger Cut down four captains dead, And Halmar laid three others low, And the great earls wavered to and fro For the living and the dead. And Gorlias grasped the great flag, The Raven of Odin, torn; And the eyes of Guthrum altered, For the first time since morn. As a turn of the wheel of tempest Tilts up the whole sky tall, And cliffs of wan cloud luminous Lean out like great walls over us, As if the heavens might fall. As such a tall and tilted sky Sends certain snow or light, So did the eyes of Guthrum change, And the turn was more certain and more strange Than a thousand men in flight. For not till the floor of the skies is split, And hell-fire shines through the sea, Or the stars look up through the rent earth's knees, Cometh such rending of certainties, As when one wise man truly sees What is more wise than he. CKED BETWEEN GHOST AND BUCCANEER BRAVE MEN HAD DROPPED AND DIED AND THE WILD SEA LORDS WELL MIGHT QUAIL AS THE GHASTLY WAR PIPES OF THE GALE CALLED TO THE HORNS OF WHITE HORSE VALE AND ALL THE HORNS REPLIED AND HILDRED THE POOR HEDGER CUT DOWN FOUR CAPTAINS DEAD AND HAMMAR LAID THREE OTHERS LOW AND THE GREAT EARLS WAVERED TO AND FRO FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD AND GORLIS GRASPED THE GREAT FLAG THE RAVEN OF ODIN TORN AND THE EYES OF GUTH'RUM ALTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MORN AS A TURN OF THE WHEEL OF TEMPESTS TILTS UP THE WHOLE SKY TALL AND CLIFFS OF WAN CLOUD LUMINOUS LEAN OUT LIKE GREAT WALLS OVER US AS IF THE HEAVENS MIGHT FALL AND SUCH A TALL AND TILTED SKY SENDS CERTAIN SNOW OR LIGHT SO DID THE EYES OF GUTHRUM CHANGE AND THE TONE WAS MORE CERTAIN AND MORE STRANGE THAN A THOUSAND MEN IN FLIGHT FOR NOT TILL THE FLOOR OF THE SKIES IS SPILT OR THE STARS LOOK UP THROUGH THE RENT EARTH SNEEZE COMETH SUCH RENDING OF CERTAINTIES AS WHEN ONE WISE MAN TRULY SEES WHAT IS MORE WISE THAN HE
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