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Ride through the silent earthquake lands, Wide as a waste is wide, Across these days like deserts, when Pride and a little scratching pen Have dried and split the hearts of men, Heart of the heroes, ride. RIDE THROUGH THE SILENT EARTHQUAKE LANDS WIDE AS A WASTE IS WIDE ACROSS THESE DAYS LIKE DESERTS WHEN PRIDE AND A LITTLE SCRATCHING PEN HAVE DRIED AND SPLIT THE HEARTS OF MEN HEART OF THE HERO'S RIDE
scream aloud And the dense arrows drive. Lady, by one light only We look from Alfred's eyes, We know he saw athwart the wreck The sign that hangs about your neck, Where One more than Melchizedek Is dead and never dies. Therefore I bring these rhymes to you Who brought the cross to me, Since on you flaming without flaw I saw the sign that Guthrum saw When he let break his ships of awe, And laid peace on the sea. Do you remember when we went Under a dragon moon, And 'mid volcanic tints of night Walked where they fought the unknown fight And saw black trees on the battle-height, Black thorn on Ethandune? And I thought, "I will go with you, As man with God has gone, And wander with a wandering star, The wandering heart of things that are, The fiery cross of love and war That like yourself, goes on." O go you onward; where you are Shall honour and laughter be, Past purpled forest and pearled foam, God's winged pavilion free to roam, Your face, that is a wandering home, A flying home for me. HERE THE TORTURED TRUMPETS SCREAM ALOUD AND THE DENSE ARROWS DRIVE LADY BY ONE LIGHT ONLY WE LOOK FROM ALFRED'S EYES WE KNOW WE SAW ATHWART THE WRECK THE SIGN THAT HANGS ABOUT YOUR NECK WHERE ONE MORE THAN MELTS DECK IS DEAD AND NEVER DIES THEREFORE I BRING THESE RHYMES TO YOU WHO BROUGHT THE CROSS TO ME SINCE ON YOU FLAMING WITHOUT FLAW I SAW THE SIGN THAT GERTHRUM SAW WHEN HE LET BREAK HIS SHIPS OF AWE AND LAID PEACE ON THE SEA DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT UNDER A DRAGON MOON AND MID VOLCANIC TINTS OF NIGHT WALKED WHERE THEY FOUGHT THE UNKNOWN FIGHT AND SAW BLACK TREES ON THE BATTLE HEIGHT BLACK THORN ON ETHENDOON AND I THOUGHT I WILL GO WITH YOU AS MAN WITH GOD HAS GONE AND WANDER WITH A WANDERING STAR THE WANDERING HEART OF THINGS THAT ARE THE FIERY CROSS OF LOVE AND WAR THAT LIKE YOURSELF GOES ON OH GO YOU ONWARD WHERE YOU ARE SHALL HONOUR AND LAUGHTER BE PAST PURPLED FOREST AND PEARLED FOAM GOD'S WINGED PAVILION FREE TO ROAM YOUR FACE THAT IS A WANDERING HOME A FLYING HOME FOR ME
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