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VIII<br />

KNOW ye where Druid dolmens rise<br />

In Wessex on <strong>the</strong> widow plain?<br />

Thi<strong>the</strong>r Sir Palamedes plies<br />

<strong>The</strong> spur, and shakes <strong>the</strong> rattling rein.<br />

He questions all men of <strong>the</strong> Beast.<br />

None answer. Is <strong>the</strong> quest in vain?<br />

With oaken crown <strong>the</strong>re comes a priest<br />

In samite robes, with hazel wand,<br />

And worships at <strong>the</strong> gilded East.<br />

Ay! thi<strong>the</strong>r ride! <strong>The</strong> dawn beyond<br />

Must run <strong>the</strong> quarry of his quest.<br />

He rode as he were wood or fond,<br />

Until at night behoves him rest.<br />

—He saw <strong>the</strong> gilding far behind<br />

Out on <strong>the</strong> hills toward <strong>the</strong> West!<br />

With aimless fury hot and blind<br />

He flung him on a Viking ship.<br />

He slew <strong>the</strong> rover, and inclined<br />

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