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"But out of the mouth of the Mother of God I have seen the truth like fire, This  that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises higher." BUT OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MOTHER OF GOD I HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH LIKE FIRE THIS TO THE SKY GROWS DARKER YET AND THE SEA RISES HIGHER
the side the low white house, Where dwelt the southland man. A bronzed man, with a bird's bright eye, And a strong bird's beak and brow, His skin was brown like buried gold, And of certain of his sires was told That they came in the shining ship of old, With Caesar in the prow. His fruit trees stood like soldiers Drilled in a straight line, His strange, stiff olives did not fail, And all the kings of the earth drank ale, But he drank wine. Wide over wasted British plains Stood never an arch or dome, Only the trees to toss and reel, The tribes to bicker, the beasts to squeal; But the eyes in his head were strong like steel, And his soul remembered Rome. Then Alfred of the lonely spear Lifted his lion head; And fronted with the Italian's eye, Asking him of his whence and why, King Alfred stood and said: "I am that oft-defeated King Whose failure fills the land, Who fled before the Danes of old, Who chaffered with the Danes with gold, Who now upon the Wessex wold Hardly has feet to stand. AINTED PLAN AND BY THE SIDE OF THE LOW WHITE HOUSE WHERE DWELT THE SOUTHLAND MAN A BRONZE MAN WITH A BIRD'S BRIGHT EYE AND A STRONG BIRD'S BEAK AND BROW HIS SKIN WAS BROWN LIKE BURIED GOLD AND OF CERTAIN OF HIS SIRES WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAME IN THE SHINING SHIP OF OLD WAS CAESAR IN THE PROW HIS FRUIT TREES STOOD LIKE SOLDIERS DRILLED IN A STRAIGHT LINE HIS STRANGE STIFF OLIVES DID NOT FAIL AND ALL THE KINGS OF THE EARTH DRANK ALE BUT HE DRANK WINE WIDE OVER WASTED BRITISH PLAINS STOOD NEVER IN ARCH OR DOME ONLY THE TREES TO TOSS AND REEL AND THE TRIBES TO BICKET AND THE BEASTS TO SQUEAL BUT THE EYES IN HIS HEAD WERE STRONG LIKE STEEL AND HIS SOUL REMEMBERED ROME THEN ALFRED OF THE LONELY SPEAR LIFTED HIS LION'S HEAD AND FRONTED WITH THE ITALIAN'S EYE ASKING HIM OF HIS WHENCE AND WHY KING ALFRED STOOD AND SAID I AM THAT OFT DEFEATED KING WHOSE FAILURE FILLS THE LAND WHO FLED BEFORE THE DANES OF OLD WHO SHAFTED WITH THE DANES WITH GOLD WHO NOW UPON THE WESSEX WOLD HARDLY HAS FEET TO STAND
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