 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 3251912Full view - About this book
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1902 - 366 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... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1902 - 420 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | Arthur May Mowry - 1902 - 336 pages
..." And still from time to time the heathen host Swarmed 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. And through the puissance of his Table Round, Drew all their petty... | |
 | Harmon Bay Niver - 1904 - 438 pages
..." And still from time to time the heathen host Swarmed 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."1 According to later stories, Arthur made his residence at Caerleon... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1904 - 204 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1904 - 236 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... | |
 | Condé Bénoist Pallen - 1904 - 162 pages
...land; And still from time to time the heathen host Swarmed over seas, and harried what was left. And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, And man was less and less, till Arthur came. Prior to the coming of the spiritual man, war raged amongst... | |
 | Magnus Maclean - 1906 - 426 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 246 pages
...and all my realm reels back into the beast." Compare " The Coming of Arthur," lines 10-12 : " 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." Compare also "The Last Tournament," lines 122-125: — " Or whence... | |
 | John Grant Michie - 1908 - 530 pages
...forest, the people had their summer pasturages and shielings, full of healthy human activity. " And so there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less." VIII GEORGE BROWN (See page 118,) THOUGH Michie was not born till two years after Brown's... | |
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