The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris |
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CHAPTER VI. THEY FARE TO THE CLOVEN MOTE.
[Songs extracted from the prose narrative.]
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[The stave against Surly John.]
To run and to fightAre deeds free to the wight,
And John tried in battle
Had heard the boards rattle,
But needed to prove
The race back to the stove;
So his wightness he showed
In way-wearing the road.
While Osberne, who knew
How the foot-race to do,
Must try the new game
Where the battle-beasts came.
Bairn for fight, but for running the strong man and tall,
And all folk for the laughter when both are in hall.
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