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CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 22. THE BURNING OF BAMBOROUGH, by                    
First Line: With thundering wheels the golden war-wains run
Last Line: Far ringing harps on bamborough's starry height.
Subject(s): Aidan, Saint (d. 651); Bamborough, England; Great Britain - History; English History


With thundering wheels the golden war-wains run
As wild fire leaps upon the gabled place,
And shining warriors cry the White Christ's grace
Against the harm the heathen gods have done;
Hate's burning trumpets shriek the triumph won,
The bastions flame, and with uplifted mace
On rides the leader of the raven race,
Swart, giant-thewed, the Aesir's shaggy son.

But Aidan prays within his lowly cell,
And paler than the moon upon a mere
A winding wood-smoke folds the rock from sight;
And while they hunt the vanished citadel
Through many a misted mile, the wolf-men hear
Far ringing harps on Bamborough's starry height.





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