The Lady Rowena
by John Lesslie Hall
Few were the months ere foes numberless
At the seashore’s sands savagely harassed
The king of the Kentmen. The cruel, blood-thirsty
Men of the Picts minded but little, then,
Foes from the northland, how the fair-haired, dauntless
Earlmen of Anglia ever intrepidly
Hewed them with edges, aiding the Kentmen,
But hied southwardly, ceased not their ravenous
Sacking and [...]

Tags: albion, Folk, Horsa, Jutemen, Kentmen, lady rowena, Odin, Picts, Rowena, saxons, Thanet, Thor, Vortigern

The Death Of Horsa
by John Lesslie Hall
Six-Winters’ time had the sweet, wavy-haired,
Curly-locked queen of Kent-land and Albion
Delighted her lord, lived with decorum
As wife of his bosom. War-mooded men, then,
Hot-hearted Kentmen, harassed the spirit
Of Rowena the winsome, well-lovèd, far-famed
Queen of the Kentmen; cruelly vexed her,
Said she had marred the metal and valor
Of the king of the [...]

Tags: albion, Anglians, Celt, Folk, Horsa, Kent, lady rowena, Odin, Picts, Rowena, saxons, Vortigern, Wihtgils