Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Augusta Webster 184094Songs from Dramas. I. News to the King
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The corn is trodden, the river runs red.
“News of the battle,” the heralds call,
“We have won the field; we have taken the town;
We have beaten the rebels and crush’d them down.”
And the dying lie with the dead.
The corn is trodden, the river runs red.
“Whom shall I honor for this great thing?”
“Threescore were best, where none were worst;
But Walter Wendulph was aye the first.”
And the dying lie with the dead.
The corn is trodden, the river runs red.
“Comes he to-morrow? how long will he bide?”
“Put off thy bridegear, busk thee in black;
Walter Wendulph will never come back.”
And the dying lie with the dead.