"NEWS to the king, good news for all!" @3The corn is trodden, the river runs red.@1 "News of the battle," the heralds call, "We have won the field; we have taken the town, We have beaten the rebels and crushed them down." @3And the dying lie with the dead.@1 "Who was my bravest?" quoth the king. @3The corn is trodden, the river runs red.@1 "Whom shall I honor for this great thing?" "Threescore were best, where none was worst; But Walter Wendulph was aye the first." @3And the dying lie with the dead.@1 "What of my husband?" quoth the bride. @3The corn is trodden, the river is red.@1 "Comes he to-morrow? how long will he bide?" "Put off thy bride-gear, busk thee in black; Walter Wendulph will never come back." @3And the dying lie with the dead.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHAT DOES A WOMAN WANT? by KAREN SWENSON THE ENTHUSIAST, OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE by JOSEPH WARTON THE LOST CHILD by ST. CLAIR ADAMS A CUCKOO SONG by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT ARS GUBERNANDI by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB AN EPISTLE THROWN INTO A RIVER IN A BALL OF WAX by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 37 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |