Ancient Crosses And Other Antiquities In The East Of Cornwall Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Ancient Crosses, and Other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall Tintadgel; locally called King Arthurs Castle. Ail! Prince and Duke! no happier name Than thine, amid our hills can stand, To blend Old Englands antique fame, With castled Cornwalls rocky land! Thy Plume, our banner of the West, The blind Bohemias faithful crest! II, Void was the land in days of yore. Of warrior-deed and minstrel-song: The unknown rivers sought the shore, The nameless billows roUd along: Till Arthur, and the Table-round, Made stern Tintadgel storied ground! III. Then shone the days of spear and shield: When Cornwalls Duke was Englands pride! He won, on Creci sdistant field. The spurs that gleam don Tamar-side: The wreath, at dark Poictiers he wore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities in the West of Cornwall The Cornish Britons remained separate and distinct from the Saxons down to the period of the Conquest, when their lands were appropriated by the Norman chiefs and it is probable that the public monuments remained undisturbed until later times, when frequent changes occurred in the proprietary of the soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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