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BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING Before the gods that made the gods Had seen their sunrise pass, The White Horse of the White Horse Vale Was cut out of the grass. Before the gods that made the gods Had drunk at dawn their fill, The White Horse of the White Horse Vale Was hoary on the hill. Age beyond age on British land, Aeons on aeons gone, Was peace and war in western hills, And the White Horse looked on. BOOK ONE THE VISION OF THE KING BEFORE THE GODS THAT MADE THE GODS HAD SEEN THEIR SUNRISE PASS THE WHITE HORSE OF THE WHITE HORSE BALE WAS CUT OUT OF THE GRASS BEFORE THE GODS THAT MADE THE GODS HAD DRUNK A DAWN THEIR FILL THE WHITE HORSE OF THE WHITE HORSE VALE WAS HOARY ON THE HILL AGE BEYOND AGE ON BRITISH LAND AEONS AND AEONS GONE WAS PEACE AND WAR IN THE WESTERN HILLS AND THE WHITE HORSE LOOKED ON
 on Ethandune? And I thought, "I will go with you, As man with God has gone, And wander with a wandering star, The wandering heart of things that are, The fiery cross of love and war That like yourself, goes on." O go you onward; where you are Shall honour and laughter be, Past purpled forest and pearled foam, God's winged pavilion free to roam, Your face, that is a wandering home, A flying home for me. Ride through the silent earthquake lands, Wide as a waste is wide, Across these days like deserts, when Pride and a little scratching pen Have dried and split the hearts of men, Heart of the heroes, ride. Up through an empty house of stars, Being what heart you are, Up the inhuman steeps of space As on a staircase go in grace, Carrying the firelight on your face Beyond the loneliest star. Take these; in memory of the hour We strayed a space from home And saw the smoke-hued hamlets, quaint With Westland king and Westland saint, And watched the western glory faint Along the road to Frome.  BOOK ONE OF THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE BY G CHESTERTON THIS LIP OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
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