Then he who thought wisely of Deeply contemplates this dark life Wise in mind, remembers he, the battles of old Time has departed Grown dark under cover of night As if it were never there Powerful spears took earls away Weapons greedy for slaughter Storms now batter these stone cliffs A falling snowstorm binds the Earth The tummult of winter Shade...Learn More

Bereft of friends, awakens he Dark waves before him Frost and snow Mingled with hail fall His wounded heart is heavier Painful for the beloved Sorrow is renewed Spirits of the seafarers bring not, familiarity there Care is renewed for the one who must Send a weary mind over the bound waves A mind in darkness, pondering life How they abandoned the...Learn More

Shattered by Fate! The castles rend asunder The work of giants moldereth away Its towers crumble Aquae Sulis, in ruin The mortar white with frost The mighty men who built it, they of giants renown Departed hence, undone by death, are held Fast in the earth's embrace While overhead for living men A hundred generations pass Long this red wall, now...Learn More

Learned we in former-days Of glory-blessed heroes The thegns of the Lord Their force did not fail In the war When banners clashed together Illustrious men upon the earth Bold folk-leaders on the fields of reckoning Doughty Warriors, Battle-Brave! When shield and hand defended their crown When all man's land was wound in murder The enemy's deceit...Learn More

Then did they of proud spirit split the shield-wall Men of King Aethelstan, men of honour Battle shields were hewn with the remnants of hammers Befitting their noble descent That they should, defend their land In battle against each hostile people Horde and home! Horde and home! The enemy perished The field flowed with thе blood of warriors Till...Learn More

Still is a valley Surrounded by a forest of oaks Bespiring deeply With the breath of our ancestors A knot of roots Hold steadfast the earth Bonds that link a nation Foregoing generations Eternal, unswayed Roots of heritage Pertain to the valley Roots of hope Growing strong Entwined in the land A valley thick with oaks Its villages silenced By the...Learn More

The solitary one waits for grace For mercy divine For he of troubled thought must travel through the seaway Stir with his hands the frosty-cold sea and travel paths of exile Unhinged by the certainty of fate Thus spoke the Wayfarer, mindful of hardships Of cruel battles & beloved kinsmen fallen: "I bewail my cares alone, the dawn of each...Learn More