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Blocked between ghost and buccaneer, Brave men have dropped and 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. BLOCKED 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
ipse, Who blocked the Seine with battleships Round Paris on the Isle. And Hacon of the Harvest-Song, And Dirck from the Elbe he slew, And Cnut that melted Durham bell And Fulk and fiery Oscar fell, And Goderic and Sigael, And Uriel of the Yew. And highest sang the slaughter, And fastest fell the slain, When from the wood-road's blackening throat A crowning and crashing wonder smote The rear-guard of the Dane. For the dregs of Colan's company-- Lost down the other road-- Had gathered and grown and heard the din, And with wild yells came pouring in, Naked as their old British kin, And bright with blood for woad. And bare and bloody and aloft They bore before their band The body of the mighty lord, Colan of Caerleon and its horde, That bore King Alfred's battle-sword Broken in his left hand. And a strange music went with him, Loud and yet strangely far; The wild pipes of the western land, Too keen for the ear to understand, Sang high and deathly on each hand When the dead man went to war.  CRY ON HIS LIPS AND HARKER BORN IN THE ECLIPSE WHO BLOCKED THE SCENE WITH BATTLESHIPS ROUND PARIS ON THE ISLE AND HACON OF THE HARVEST SONG AND DIRK FROM ELD HE SLEW AND KONT THAT MELTED DURHAM BELL AND FOLK THE FIERY OSCAR FELL AND GODRICK AND SEGAL AND UREL OF THE EWE AND HYA SANG THE SLAUGHTER AND FASTEST FELL THE SLAIN WHEN FROM THE WOOD ROADS BLACKENING THROAT A CROWNING AND CRASHING WONDER SMOTE THE REAR GUARD OF THE DANE FOR THE DREGS OF COLIN'S COMPANY LOST DOWN THE OTHER ROAD HAD GATHERED AND GROWN AND HEARD THE DIN AND WITH WILD YELLS CAME POURING IN NAKED AS THEIR OLD BRITISH KIN AND BRIGHT WITH BLOOD FOR WODE AND BARE AND BLOODY AND ALOFT THEY BORE BEFORE THEIR HAND THE BODY OF THE MIGHTY LORD COLAND OF CARLION AND ITS HOARD THAT BORE KING ALFRED'S BATTLE SWORD BROKEN IN HIS LEFT HAND AND A STRANGE MUSIC WENT WITH HIM LOUD AND YET STRANGELY FAR THE WILD PIPES OF THE WESTERN LAND TOO KEEN FOR EAR TO UNDERSTAND SANG HIGH AND DEATHLY ON EACH HAND WHEN THE DEAD MEN WENT TO WAR
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