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Poems

by R. E. E. Warburton
Egerton-Warburton, R. E. (1804-1891)

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THE CAMP OF THE DANES.
 
BALLAD.
 
BALLAD.
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EPIGRAMS.

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On a couch of state, proud Guthrum sate,
At the head of the boist'rous feast;
And around their king, a warrior ring
Of Danish nobles were placed.
A minstrel apart, with bewitching art,
Struck his harp to their Pagan glee;
Albeit they knew that a Christian true,
And a Saxon bold was he.
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