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The sceptre next descends on Edmund Ironside;
A valiant prince; but forced ere long his kingdom to divide,
From Severn unto Thames, with Great Canute the Dane,
And afterwards at Oxford by the traitor Edric slain.
Canute, at Edmund's death, the sever'd realm unites
In Seventeen, and rules in peace, and guards the nation's rights.
England and Denmark both confess his sovereign sway,
And Norway bends beneath his yoke, and Scotia's isles obey.
Harold in Thirty-six succeeds; in thirty-nine
Queen Emma's son, fierce Hardicnute, the last of Danish line.
Edward the Confessor, King Edmund's youngest son,
Restores the ancient Saxon race, and reigns in Forty-one;
But, long in foreign lands a wandering exile known,
Calls in his Norman friends to share the honours of his throne.
Earl Godwin and his sons the English rights support,
Expel the foreigners, and rule in Edward's feeble court.