The Black Prince & Other Poems

Excerpt from The Black Prince: And Other Poems Sigurd The king of men and heroes lay asleep, Lulled by the murmurs of a dusky sea, His army slept along the gleaming sand, Awaiting the great battle of the morn.Out of the sultry sky there seemed to fallGreat drops of blood, and like a lonely ghostThe pale sea cried, while in the purple WestA star emerged not seen before of man, Outshining silvery Sirius and red Mars.And phantom armies ran upon the sea, And in the forest was a noise of wings. To Sigurd as he slept there came a dreamOf a sad, shining Angel with veiled eyesAnd sable wings that rustled drearily, Like autumn leaves blown to the doors of men;And bending down she spake. In the hushed nightHer solemn words were sadder that the callOf Roland's horn resounding in the hillsOf Roncevaux, when with his failing mightH&e blew a farewell blast to Charlemain About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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