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"Spears at the charge!" yelled Mark amain. "Death on the gods of death! Over the thrones of doom and blood Goeth God that is a craftsman good, And gold and iron, earth and wood, Loveth and laboureth. BEARS AT THE CHARGE YELLED MARK AMAIN DEATH ON THE GODS OF DEATH OVER THE THRONES OF DOOM AND BLOOD GOETH GOD THAT IS A CRAFTSMAN GOOD AND GOLD AND IRON EARTH AND WOOD LOVETH AND LABERETH
he waving walls Of woods and clouds that pass, By dizzy plains and drifting sea, And they mixed God with glamoury, God with the gods of the burning tree And the wizard's tower and glass. But Mark was come of the glittering towns Where hot white details show, Where men can number and expound, And his faith grew in a hard ground Of doubt and reason and falsehood found, Where no faith else could grow. Belief that grew of all beliefs One moment back was blown And belief that stood on unbelief Stood up iron and alone. The Wessex crescent backwards Crushed, as with bloody spear Went Elf roaring and routing, And Mark against Elf yet shouting, Shocked, in his mid-career. Right on the Roman shield and sword Did spear of the Rhine maids run; But the shield shifted never, The sword rang down to sever, The great Rhine sang for ever, And the songs of Elf were done. And a great thunder of Christian men Went up against the sky, Saying, "God hath broken the evil spear Ere the good man's blood was dry. HE MEN WERE BORNE BY THE WAVING WALLS OF WOODS AND CLOUDS THAT PASS BY DIZZY PLAINS AND DRIFTING SEA AND THEY MIXED GOD WITH GLAMOURY GOD WITH THE GODS OF THE BURNING TREE AND THE WIZARD'S TOWER AND GLASS BUT MARK WAS COME OF THE GLITTERING TOWNS WHERE HOT WHITE DETAS SHOW WHERE MEN CAN NUMBER AND EXPOUND AND HIS FAITH GREW IN A HARD GROUND OF DOUBT AND REASON AND FALSEHOOD FOUND WHERE NO FAITH ELSE COULD GROW BELIEF THAT GREW OF ALL BELIEFS ONE MOMENT BACK WAS BLOWN AND BELIEF THAT STOOD ON UNBELIEF STOOD UP IRON AND ALONE THE WESSEX CRESCENT BACKWARDS CRUSHED AS WITH BLOODY SPEAR WENT ELF ROARING AND ROUTING AND MARK AGAINST ELF YE YET SHOUTING SHOCKED IN HIS MID CAREER RIGHT ON THE ROMAN SHIELD AND SWORD DID SPEAR OF THE RHINE MAIDS RUN BUT THE SHIELD SHIFTED NEVER THE SWORD RANG DOWN TO SEVER THE GREAT RHINE SANG FOR EVER AND THE SONGS OF ELF WERE DONE AND A GREAT THUNDER OF CHRISTIAN MEN WENT UP AGAINST THE SKY SAYING GOD HATH BROKEN THE EVIL SPEAR ERE THE GOOD MAN'S BLOOD WAS DRY
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