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Ar bajenn-mañ n’he deus ket ezhomm da vezañ adlennet.

20 ADIEU TO BRITANNY.

XL

Be it thine in the broad beaten ways That the world's simple seniors hâve trod

To walk with soft steps , living peaceable days , And on earth not forgetful of God.

XIL

Nor repîne that thy lot has been cast.

With the things of the « Oldtime before » , For to thee are committed the keys of the Past ,

Oh , grey; monumental Arvôr !

XIII.

Yes , land of the great standing stones ,

It is thine at thy feet to survey, From thy earlier Shepherd-Kings' sepulchre-thrones ,

The giant far-stretching array,

XIV.

Where , abroad o'er the gorse-covered lande , Where , along by the slow-breaking wave ,

The hoary, inscrutable sentinels stand , In their night-vratch , by History's grave.

XV.

Préserve them : nor fear for thy charge : From the loins of the Morning they sprung

Wem the v^^orks of yomig Mankind were lasting and lai^ As the v^ they embodied was younj^

XVL

I bave stood on Old Sarum : the sun With a ruddy regard from the v^^est