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And as they went up the wastes away They went reeling to and fro; But when they came to the red camp fire They stood all in a row. AND AS THEY WENT UP THE WASTES AWAY THEY WENT REELING TO AND FRO BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO THE RED CAMP FIRE THEY STOOD ALL IN A ROW
erraces of hell, The camp fires of the Danes-- The fires of the Great Army That was made of iron men, Whose lights of sacrilege and scorn Ran around England red as morn, Fires over Glastonbury Thorn-- Fires out on Ely Fen. And as he went by White Horse Vale He saw lie wan and wide The old horse graven, God knows when, By gods or beasts or what things then Walked a new world instead of men And scrawled on the hill-side. And when he came to White Horse Down The great White Horse was grey, For it was ill scoured of the weed, And lichen and thorn could crawl and feed, Since the foes of settled house and creed Had swept old works away. King Alfred gazed all sorrowful At thistle and mosses grey, Till a rally of Danes with shield and bill Rolled drunk over the dome of the hill, And, hearing of his harp and skill, They dragged him to their play. And as they went through the high green grass They roared like the great green sea; But when they came to the red camp fire They were silent suddenly.  OF THE DANES THE FIRES OF THE GREAT ARMY THAT WAS MADE OF IRON MEN WHOSE LIGHTS OF SACRILEGE AND SCORN RAN AROUND ENGLAND RED AS MORN FIRES OVER GLASTONBURY THORN FIRES OUT ON ELY FEN AND AS HE WENT BY WHITE HORSE VALE HE SAW LIE WAN AND WIDE THE OLD HORSE GRAVEN GOD KNOWS WHEN BY GODS OR BEASTS OR WHAT KINGS THEN WALKED A NEW WORLD INSTEAD OF MEN AND SCRAWLED ON THE HILL SIDE AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE WHITE HORSE DOWN THE GREAT WHITE HORSE WAS GREY BURNT WAS EEL SCOURED OF THE WEED AND LICHEN AND THE THORN COULD CRAWL AND FEED SINCE THE FOES OF SETTLED HOUSE AND CREED HAD SWEPT OLD WORKS AWAY KING ALFRED GAZED ALL SORROWFUL AT THISTLE AND MOSSES GREY THEN LAUGHED AND WATCHED THE FINCHES FLASH TILL THE RALLY OF DANES WITH SHIELD AND BILL ROLLED DRUNK OVER THE DOME OF THE HILL AND HEARING OF HIS HARP AND SKILL THEY DRAGGED HIM TO THEIR PLAY AND AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE WHITE GREEN GRASS THEY ROARED LIKE THE GREAT GREEN SEA BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO THE RED CAMP FIRE THEY WERE SILENT SUDDENLY
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