The Landing Of Hengist and Horsa
John Lesslie Hall
Early thereafter, earlmen of Anglia,
With Hengist and Horsa, heroes distinguished and
Leaders belovèd, leaped in their fast-chasing,
Stout-builded, sturdy steeds of the water-ways,
On the seas clomb then, to seek for the far-away,
Wide-famed, sea-girt, water-encircled
Island [...]

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The Calling Of Hengist and Horsa
by John Lesslie Hall
Lo! in legend and lay long we have heard of
The fame of our fathers, folk-leaders mighty,
Eminent earlmen.   Oft, gleemen-thanes
All through the ages, excellent song-smiths,
Have sung of the bold and brave and illustrious
Fathers of England from far o’er the waters,
Earls of the eastward, how, oft in their sea-boats,
They sailed [...]

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