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And the grass edge of the great down Was cut clean as a lawn, While the levies thronged from near and far, From the warm woods of the western star, And the King went out to his last war On a tall grey horse at dawn. AND THE GRASS EDGE OF THE GREAT DOWN WAS CUT CLEAN AS A LAWN WHILE THE LEVIES THRONGED FROM NEAR AND FAR FROM THE WARM WOODS OF THE WESTERN STAR AND THE KING WENT OUT TO HIS LAST WAR ON A TALL GRAY HORSE AT DAWN
alf-wit, That knows not of his sire. "What though they come with scroll and pen, And grave as a shaven clerk, By this sign you shall know them, That they ruin and make dark; "By all men bond to Nothing, Being slaves without a lord, By one blind idiot world obeyed, Too blind to be abhorred; "By terror and the cruel tales Of curse in bone and kin, By weird and weakness winning, Accursed from the beginning, By detail of the sinning, And denial of the sin; "By thought a crawling ruin, By life a leaping mire, By a broken heart in the breast of the world, And the end of the world's desire; "By God and man dishonoured, By death and life made vain, Know ye the old barbarian, The barbarian come again-- "When is great talk of trend and tide, And wisdom and destiny, Hail that undying heathen That is sadder than the sea. "In what wise men shall smite him, Or the Cross stand up again, Or charity or chivalry, My vision saith not; and I see No more; but now ride doubtfully To the battle of the plain. F THE DYING FIRE AND A MAN MADE LIKE A HALF WIT THAT KNOWS NOT OF HIS SIRE WHAT THOUGH THEY COME WITH SCROLL AND PEN AND GRAVE AS A SHAVEN CLERK BY THIS SIGN YOU SHALL KNOW THEM THAT THEY RUIN AND MAKE DARK BY ALL MEN BOUND TO NOTHING BEING SLAVES WITHOUT A LORD BY ONE BLIND IDIOT WORLD OBEYED TOO BLIND TO BE ABHORRED BY TERROR AND THE CRUEL TALES OF CURSE IN BONE AND KIN BY WEIRD AND WEAKNESS WINNING ACCURST FROM THE BEGINNING BY DETAIL OF THE SINNING AND DENIAL OF THE SIN BY THOUGHT A CRAWLING RUIN BY LIFE A LEAPING MIRE BY A BROKEN HEART IN THE BREAST OF THE WORLD AND THE END OF THE WORLD'S DESIRE BY GOD AND MAN DISHONOURED BY DEATH AND LIFE MADE VAIN KNOW YE THE OLD BARBARIAN THE BARBARIAN COME AGAIN WHEN IS GREAT TALK OF TREND AND TIDE AND WISDOM AND DESTINY HAIL THAT UNDYING HEATHEN THAT IS SADDER THAN THE SEA IN WHAT WISE MEN SHALL SMITE HIM OR THE CROSS STAND UP AGAIN OR CHARITY OR CHIVALRY MY VISION SAITH NOT AND I SEE NO MORE BUT NOW RIDE DOUBTFULLY TO THE BATTLE OF THE PLAIN
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