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In the years of the peace of Wessex, / When the good King sat at home; / Years following on that bloody boon / When she that stands above the moon / Stood above death at Ethandune / And saw his kingdom come --
When the pagan people of the sea / Fled to their palisades, / Nailed there with javelins to cling / And wonder smote the pirate king, / And brought him to his christening / And the end of all his raids.