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He took his ivory horn unslung And smiled, but not in scorn: "Endeth the Battle of Ethandune With the blowing of a horn." HE TOOK HIS IVORY HORN UNSLUNG AND SMILED BUT NOT IN SCORN ENDETH THE BATTLE OF ETHUNDUN WITH THE BLOWING OF A HORN
hild, Piling the stones all day. For Eldred fought like a frank hunter That killeth and goeth home; And Mark had fought because all arms Rang like the name of Rome. And Colan fought with a double mind, Moody and madly gay; But Alfred fought as gravely As a good child at play. He saw wheels break and work run back And all things as they were; And his heart was orbed like victory And simple like despair. Therefore is Mark forgotten, That was wise with his tongue and brave; And the cairn over Colan crumbled, And the cross on Eldred's grave. Their great souls went on a wind away, And they have not tale or tomb; And Alfred born in Wantage Rules England till the doom. Because in the forest of all fears Like a strange fresh gust from sea, Struck him that ancient innocence That is more than mastery. And as a child whose bricks fall down Re-piles them o'er and o'er, Came ruin and the rain that burns, Returning as a wheel returns, And crouching in the furze and ferns He began his life once more. S LEAST DISTANT FROM THE CHILD PILING THE STONES ALL DAY FOR ELDRED FOUGHT LIKE A FRANK HUNTER THAT KILLETH AND GOETH HOME AND MARK HAD FOUGHT BECAUSE ALL NAMES RANG LIKE THE NAME OF ROME AND COLIN FOUGHT WITH A DOUBLE MIND MOODY AND MADLY GAY BUT ALFRED FOUGHT AS GRAVELY AS A GOOD CHILD AT PLAY HE SAW WHEELS BREAK AND WORK RUN BACK IN ALL THINGS AS THEY WERE AND HIS HEART WAS ORBED LIKE VICTORY AND SIMPLE LIKE DESPAIR THEREFORE IS MARK FORGOTTEN THAT WAS WISE WITH HIS TONGUE AND BRAVE AND THE CAIRN OVER COLIN CRUMBLED AND THE CROSS ON ELDRED'S GRAVE THEIR WIND SOULS WENT ON WIND AWAY AND THEY HAD NOT TALE OR TOMB AND ALFRED BORN IN WANTAGE RULES ENGLAND TO THE DOOM BECAUSE IN THE FOREST OF ALL FEARS LIKE A STRANGE FRESH GUST FROM SEA STRUCK HIM THAT ANCIENT INNOCENCE WHICH IS MORE THAN MASTERY AND AS A CHILD WHOSE BRICKS FALL DOWN REPILES THEM O'ER AND O'ER CAME RUIN AND THE RAIN THAT BURNS RETURNING AS THE WHEEL RETURNS AND CROUCHING AND THE FIRS AND FERNS HE BEGAN HIS LIFE ONCE MORE
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