large/5754/balladwhitehorse_1404_librivox_64kb_mp3/balladofthewhitehorse_07_chesterton_64kb_3
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King Guthrum was a great lord, And higher than his gods   He put the popes to laughter, He chid the saints with rods, He took this hollow world of ours For a cup to hold his wine; In the parting of the woodways There came to him a sign. KING GUTHRUM WAS A GREAT LORD AND HIGHER THAN HIS GODS HE PUT THE POPES TO LAUGHTER HE CHIDE THE SAINTS WITH RODS HE TOOK THIS HOLLOW WORLD OF OURS FOR A CUP TO HOLD HIS WINE IN THE PARTING OF THE WOOD WAYS THERE CAME TO HIM A SIGN
aptains dead, And Halmar laid three others low, And the great earls wavered to and fro For the living and the dead. And Gorlias grasped the great flag, The Raven of Odin, torn; And the eyes of Guthrum altered, For the first time since morn. As a turn of the wheel of tempest Tilts up the whole sky tall, And cliffs of wan cloud luminous Lean out like great walls over us, As if the heavens might fall. As such a tall and tilted sky Sends certain snow or light, So did the eyes of Guthrum change, And the turn was more certain and more strange Than a thousand men in flight. For not till the floor of the skies is split, And hell-fire shines through the sea, Or the stars look up through the rent earth's knees, Cometh such rending of certainties, As when one wise man truly sees What is more wise than he. He set his horse in the battle-breech Even Guthrum of the Dane, And as ever had fallen fell his brand, A falling tower o'er many a land, But Gurth the fowler laid one hand Upon this bridle rein. LL THE HORNS REPLIED AND HILDRED THE POOR HEDGER CUT DOWN FOUR CAPTAINS DEAD AND HAMMAR LAID THREE OTHERS LOW AND THE GREAT EARLS WAVERED TO AND FRO FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD AND GORLIS GRASPED THE GREAT FLAG THE RAVEN OF ODIN TORN AND THE EYES OF GUTH'RUM ALTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MORN AS A TURN OF THE WHEEL OF TEMPESTS TILTS UP THE WHOLE SKY TALL AND CLIFFS OF WAN CLOUD LUMINOUS LEAN OUT LIKE GREAT WALLS OVER US AS IF THE HEAVENS MIGHT FALL AND SUCH A TALL AND TILTED SKY SENDS CERTAIN SNOW OR LIGHT SO DID THE EYES OF GUTHRUM CHANGE AND THE TONE WAS MORE CERTAIN AND MORE STRANGE THAN A THOUSAND MEN IN FLIGHT FOR NOT TILL THE FLOOR OF THE SKIES IS SPILT OR THE STARS LOOK UP THROUGH THE RENT EARTH SNEEZE COMETH SUCH RENDING OF CERTAINTIES AS WHEN ONE WISE MAN TRULY SEES WHAT IS MORE WISE THAN HE HE SET HIS HORSE IN A BATTLE BREACH EVEN GOTHROM OF THE DANE AND AS EVER HAD FALLEN FELL HIS BRAND A FALLING TOWER OR MANY A LAND BUT GURTH THE FOWLER LAID ONE HAND UPON HIS BRIDLE REIN
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