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The King went gathering Wessex men, As grain out of the chaff The few that were alive to die, Laughing, as littered skulls that lie After lost battles turn to the sky An everlasting laugh. THE KING WENT GATHERING WESSEX MEN AS GRAIN OUT OF THE CHAFF THE FEW THAT WERE ALIVE TO DIE LAUGHING AS LITTERED SKULLS THAT LIE AFTER LOST BATTLES TURNED TO THE SKY IN EVERLASTING LAUGH
t over you, And heaven an iron cope. Do you have joy without a cause, Yea, faith without a hope?" Even as she spoke she was not, Nor any word said he, He only heard, still as he stood Under the old night's nodding hood, The sea-folk breaking down the wood Like a high tide from sea. He only heard the heathen men, Whose eyes are blue and bleak, Singing about some cruel thing Done by a great and smiling king In daylight on a deck. He only heard the heathen men, Whose eyes are blue and blind, Singing what shameful things are done Between the sunlit sea and the sun When the land is left behind. BOOK II. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS Up across windy wastes and up Went Alfred over the shaws, Shaken of the joy of giants, The joy without a cause. In the slopes away to the western bays, Where blows not ever a tree, He washed his soul in the west wind And his body in the sea. And he set to rhyme his ale-measures, And he sang aloud his laws, Because of the joy of the giants, The joy without a cause.  BOOK TOO OF THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE BY G CHESTERTON THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOK TWO THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS UP ACROSS THE WINDY WASTES AND UP WENT ALFRED OVER THE SHORES SHAKEN OF THE JOY OF GIANTS THE JOY WITHOUT A CAUSE IN THE SLOPES AWAY TO THE WESTERN BAYS WHERE BLOWS NOT EVER A TREE HE WASHED HIS SOUL IN THE WEST WIND AND HIS BODY IN THE SEA AND HE SET TO RHYME HIS ALE MEASURES AND HE SANG ALOUD HIS LAWS BECAUSE OF THE JOY OF THE GIANTS THE JOY WITHOUT A CAUSE
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