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And Gorlias grasped the great flag, The Raven of Odin, torn; And the eyes of Guthrum altered, For the first time since morn. AND GORLIS GRASPED THE GREAT FLAG THE RAVEN OF ODIN TORN AND THE EYES OF GUTH'RUM ALTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MORN
nder 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. 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. 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. AT 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 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 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
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