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The Earls of the Great Army That no men born could tire, Whose flames anear him or aloof Took hold of towers or walls of proof, Fire over Glastonbury roof And out on Ely, fire. And Guthrum heard the soldiers' tale And bade the stranger play; Not harshly, but as one on high, On a marble pillar in the sky, Who sees all folk that live and die   Pigmy and far away. THE EARLS OF THE GREAT ARMY THAT NO MAN BORN COULD TIRE WHOSE FLAMES ANEAR HIM O'ER ALOOF TOOK HOLD OF TOWERS OR WALLS OR PROOF FIRE OVER GLASTONBURY ROOF AND OUT ON ELLAE FIRE AND GERTHRUM HEARD THE SOLDIER'S TALE AND BADE THE STRANGER PLAY NOT HARSHLY BUT AS WHAT ON HIGH ON A MARBLE PILLAR IN THE SKY WHO SEES ALL FOLK THAT LIVE AND DIE PIGMY AND FAR AWAY
r 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. 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. For golden in the firelight, With a smile carved on his lips, And a beard curled right cunningly, Was Guthrum of the Northern Sea, The emperor of the ships-- With three great earls King Guthrum Went the rounds from fire to fire, With Harold, nephew of the King, And Ogier of the Stone and Sling, And Elf, whose gold lute had a string That sighed like all desire. F 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 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 FOR GOLDEN IN THE FIRELIGHT WITH A SMILE CARVED ON HIS LIPS AND A BEARD CURLED RIGHT CUNNINGLY WAS GERTHRUM OF THE NORTHERN SEA THE EMPEROR OF THE SHIPS WITH THREE GREAT EARLS KING GARTHRUM WENT ROUND FROM FIRE TO FIRE WITH HAROLD NEPHEW OF THE KING AND AGIA OF THE STONE AND SLING AND ELF WHOSE GOLD LUTE WAS A STRING THAT SIGHED LIKE ALL DESIRE
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