Guy (Hoyle)
pmaclanderson wrote:
> I Peacock myself on having a follow-on (possibly even better known):
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> The War Song of Dinas Vawr
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> The mountain sheep are sweeter,
> But the valley sheep are fatter;
> We therefore deemed it meeter
> To carry off the latter,
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> We made an expedition;
> We met a host, and quelled it;
> We forced a strong position,
> And killed the men who held it.
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> On Dyfed's richest valley,
> Where herds of kine were browsing,
> We made a mighty sally,
> To furnish our carousing.
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> Fierce warriors rushed to meet us;
> We met them, and o'erthrew them:
> They struggled hard to beat us;
> But we conquered them, and slew them.
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> As we drove our prize at leisure,
> The king marched forth to catch us;
> His rage surpassed all measure,
> But his people could not match us.
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> He fled to his hall pillars;
> And, ere our force we led off,
> Some sacked his house and cellars,
> While others cut his head off.
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> We there, in strife bewildr'ing,
> Spilt blood enough to swim in:
> We orphaned many children,
> And widowed many women.
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> The eagles and the ravens
> We glutted with our foemen;
> The heroes and the cravens,
> The spearmen and the bowmen.
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> We brought away from battle,
> And much their land bemoaned them,
> Two thousand head of cattle,
> And the head of him who owned them:
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> Ednyfed, king of Dyfed,
> His head was borne before us;
> His wine and beasts supplied our feasts,
> And his overthrow, our chorus.
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