Forgotten Ground Regained
October 14th
Originally published in Withowinde 143, p.42, Summer/Autumn, 2007
A toast I make · to a true English kingTo Harold Godwinson · and his housecarles fierceWho plied the pole-axe · like a prow through red waterSlaughtered with their lord · at Senlac Ridge.And to the fyrdsmen · who fell like leaves;An Autumn for England · that October day.Winter fast followed, William’s cold grasp!Let us hallow the memory · of Harold’s last shield wall,Let us drink to the dead who died where they stood!
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