 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
 | 1908 - 168 pages
...description of the effects of the Saxon invasion of Britain in The Coming of Arthur, 10 ff. : ' So there grew great tracts of wilderness, Wherein the beast was ever more and more, But man was less and less, till Arthur came.' 30. little and little. T<vo different conceptions of the occupation... | |
 | Royal Commonwealth Society - 1894 - 576 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 and more, But man was less and less." The Labour party in imposing a progressive land tax made no secret of their hostility... | |
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