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John Lesslie Hall 4 – The Lady Rowena

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 [...]

John Lesslie Hall 2 – The Landing Of Hengist and Horsa

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 [...]