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And bare and bloody and aloft They bore before their band The body of the mighty lord, Colan of Caerleon and its horde, That bore King Alfred's battle sword Broken in his left hand. AND BARE AND BLOODY AND ALOFT THEY BORE BEFORE THEIR HAND THE BODY OF THE MIGHTY LORD COLAND OF CARLION AND ITS HOARD THAT BORE KING ALFRED'S BATTLE SWORD BROKEN IN HIS LEFT HAND
tory, And behind, his men came murderously, Dry-throated, drinking death. And Edgar of the Golden Ship He slew with his own hand, Took Ludwig from his lady's bower, And smote down Harmar in his hour, And vain and lonely stood the tower-- The tower in Guelderland. And Torr out of his tiny boat, Whose eyes beheld the Nile, Wulf with his war-cry on his lips, And Harco born in the eclipse, Who blocked the Seine with battleships Round Paris on the Isle. And Hacon of the Harvest-Song, And Dirck from the Elbe he slew, And Cnut that melted Durham bell And Fulk and fiery Oscar fell, And Goderic and Sigael, And Uriel of the Yew. And highest sang the slaughter, And fastest fell the slain, When from the wood-road's blackening throat A crowning and crashing wonder smote The rear-guard of the Dane. For the dregs of Colan's company-- Lost down the other road-- Had gathered and grown and heard the din, And with wild yells came pouring in, Naked as their old British kin, And bright with blood for woad. TY IN DEFEAT WAS HE THAN ALL MEN ELSE IN VICTORY AND BEHIND HIS MEN CAME MURDEROUSLY DRY THROATED DRINKING DEATH AND EDGAR OF THE GOLDEN SHIP HE SLEW WITH HIS OWN HAND TOOK LUDWIG FROM HIS LADY'S BOWER AND SMOTE DOWN HARMER IN HIS HOUR AND VAIN AND LONELY STOOD THE TOWER THE TOWER IN GUILDERLAND AND TORE OUT OF HIS TINY BOAT WHOSE EYES BEHELD THE NILE WOLF WITH HIS WAR CRY ON HIS LIPS AND HARKER BORN IN THE ECLIPSE WHO BLOCKED THE SCENE WITH BATTLESHIPS ROUND PARIS ON THE ISLE AND HACON OF THE HARVEST SONG AND DIRK FROM ELD HE SLEW AND KONT THAT MELTED DURHAM BELL AND FOLK THE FIERY OSCAR FELL AND GODRICK AND SEGAL AND UREL OF THE EWE AND HYA SANG THE SLAUGHTER AND FASTEST FELL THE SLAIN WHEN FROM THE WOOD ROADS BLACKENING THROAT A CROWNING AND CRASHING WONDER SMOTE THE REAR GUARD OF THE DANE FOR THE DREGS OF COLIN'S COMPANY LOST DOWN THE OTHER ROAD HAD GATHERED AND GROWN AND HEARD THE DIN AND WITH WILD YELLS CAME POURING IN NAKED AS THEIR OLD BRITISH KIN AND BRIGHT WITH BLOOD FOR WODE
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