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" For many a petty king ere Arthur came Ruled in this isle, and ever waging war Each upon other, wasted all the land ; And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness,... "
Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 325
1912
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Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume 25

Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Royal Empire Society (Great Britain) - 1894 - 574 pages
...petite culture." In the words of Tennyson respecting England before the coming of Arthur — " And so there grew great tracts of wilderness Wherein the beast was ever more aud more, But man was less and less." The Labour party in imposing a progressive land tax made no secret...
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Guinevere

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 112 pages
...: And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came. For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King Uther...
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Guinevere

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 112 pages
...: And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came. For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King Uther...
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The Coming of Arthur, and Other Idylls of the King

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 122 pages
...And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried what was left. 10 And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more,| But man was less and less, till Arthur came.l For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King...
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Enoch Arden and Other Poems ... with an Introduction

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 136 pages
...And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried * what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came. For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King Uther...
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Idylls of the King: In Twelve Books

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 452 pages
...; And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd over-seas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came. For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King Uther...
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Education

1898 - 724 pages
...the savage Norsmen, attack the country from without, robbers and outlaws harrass it within. "And so there grew great tracts of wilderness Wherein the beast was ever more and more And man was less and less." After the death of Uther, the son of Aurelius, the country is without a...
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The Life and Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Works: v.1-2 [Poems] v.3 ...

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 382 pages
...; And still from time to time the heathen host Swarm'd overseas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came. For first Aurelius lived and fought and died, And after him King Uther...
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The Expositor's Bible, Volumes 1-2

Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1900 - 968 pages
...the laborious progress of mankind. Isaiah stands where Hercules stood, and Theseus, and Arthur when " There grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less till Arthur came. And he drave The heathen, and he slew the beast, and felled The forest,...
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Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 19

Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1902 - 370 pages
...internecine strife of men themselves, who — Ever waging war Each upon other wasted all the land, And so there grew great tracts of wilderness Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less. Then again would come one like the half-mythical Arthur, who Slew the beast, and fell.d...
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