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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