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CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 29. THE STAG OF CHEDDAR, by                    
First Line: The king rode close behind the royal stag
Last Line: Should rule the abbey of the holy thorn.
Subject(s): Dunstan, Saint (924-988); Edmund I, King Of England (921-946); Great Britain - History; English History


The king rode close behind the royal stag
In helm bright yellow as an eagle's eye,
And swore the antlered crown that swept the sky
Along a winding woodland path should drag;
Through beechen glade and bogs of reed and flag
On thundering hooves the forest lord rushed by,
Then yawned a gulf, and with a mighty cry
The hart fell crashing down the mist-wreathed crag.

"Now Dunstan succor me!" the hunter cried.
Upreared his roan until the foaming mane
Streamed back across the gilded saddle-horn;
And Edmund vowed upon that gray hillside
The saint whose power had checked his bridle-rein
Should rule the Abbey of the Holy Thorn.





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