A Ballad of Edith the Fair

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Through ruin she walked on a hill of blood streaming
Where many lay fallen among shattered steel gleaming
They came o'er the sea on cruel winds of greed
To claw at our crown, on our land to feed

She came unto carnage at withering dawn
Ten thousand good men lay butchered and torn
And gazed at the horror, oh Edith the Fair
Most gentle a swan, and wept in despair

Our good king she sought, for only she knew
The marks he kept secret, his body they hew
With valour he stood and bravely he fought
Yet all were cut down by the malice they wrought

A dim field of phantoms in pale light of day
Somewhere in the slaughter so wretched he lay
Stripped of his lordship, of honour deprived
Thecorpse of our king, for her love she cried

Farewell my king, my love, my Lord
Bereft of life, of crown andsword
I'll cry for thee for evermore
Thy soul shall ever guard the sea and shore

"By the Duke's command, O Harold, you rest here a king
That you may be guardian still of the sea and shore"

Upon a tall sea cliff, a warrior-king's throne
Where laid in his grave, and marked by a stone
Remorseless they were in breaking her heart
Her love cast asunder, now she must depart

And oh how she cried her sad song to the wind
Pale graceful bloom and bright eyes were dimmed
Her beauty thus faded, Edith the Swan
Decayed and forgotten in years far long gone

Farewell my king, my love, my Lord
Bereft of life, of crown and sword
I'll cry for thee for ever more
Thy soul shall ever guard the sea and shore

Darkness befell the heart of a swan
Nightfall enshrouds but no star ever shone
To light her legend. The wind ne'er proclaimed
A song of her sorrow, or spoke of her name

Oh, the grief she did bear
Oh Edith the fair
Her bones are laid but none know where
Oh Edith the fair

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