The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

Author:G.K. Chesterton [Chesterton, G.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Published: 2015-04-09T07:00:00+00:00

Roaring they went o'er the Roman wall,

And roaring up the lane,

Their torches tossed a ladder of fire,

Higher their hymn was heard and higher,

More sweet for hate and for heart's desire,

And up in the northern scrub and brier,

They fell upon the Dane.

BOOK V. ETHANDUNE: THE FIRST STROKE

King Guthrum was a dread king,

Like death out of the north;

Shrines without name or number

He rent and rolled as lumber,

From Chester to the Humber

He drove his foemen forth.

The Roman villas heard him

In the valley of the Thames,

Come over the hills roaring

Above their roofs, and pouring

On spire and stair and flooring

Brimstone and pitch and flames.

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