Alan Clayson & The Argonauts - Landwaster

from Ancient And Modern: Highlights of Half-a-Century by Alan Clayson

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When the west wind wails across the Westarweg
And the raven wings down the Humber,
Fear stirs in the strongest hearts.
The land becomes a harbour
For Hardrada!

The king must awaken the housecarls,
The ealdormen and the aethelings.
Have the Witanagemot taken the fyrd and fled
From Hardrada?

This could be the end - such a lust for battle.
Do Christ and his saints sleep forever today?
Who cares what may happen to you?

Down the antique streets of Asia Minor
To the woodland wilds of the Wineland,
None can slow their ardour.
The known world knows the Northmen
Of Hardrada!

Count your futile fallen - fools and martyrs with them;
Valhalla awaits you in battle today.
Who cares what may happen to you?

From fjordic fastnesses were fashioned sea dragons
That to the saga gave birth.
Each continent and coral reef knows that all the world
Swivels on the axis of the Northmen.
Taste the thin-lipped axes of the Northmen!

And it would not slander Alexander
Or even Caesar's legions.
On land and sea resourceful
To give the law its force -
The Danelaw!
Feed the ravens corpses - muster up your forces.
Let Christ and his saints sleep forever and a day!
Who cares what may happen to you?

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from Ancient And Modern: Highlights of Half-a-Century, released December 8, 2023

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