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And news of his far off fighting Came slowly and brokenly From the land of the East Saxons, From the sunrise and the sea. AND THE NEWS OF HIS FAR OFF FIGHTING CAME SLOWLY AND BROKENLY FROM THE LAND OF THE EAST SAXONS FROM THE SUNRISE AND THE SEA
ithout 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." 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. L 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 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
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