The Long Ships
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:02:10
Hurry it up!
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And so, by the storm's fury...
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...he lost all he loved most
in this world:

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His ship and his shipmates.
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But he was washed ashore, alone.
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The only surviv or.
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Monks found him
and took him to their monastery...

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...where they tenderly nursed him,
never asking his name or his country.

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And gradually he grew stronger.
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As he slowly recovered,
he saw that the holy men...

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...collected tiny coloured stones.
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And, with great patience
and loving skill...

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...made pictures from them
to decorate their chapel.

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And the pictures told a story.
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A story of a mighty bell
made of solid gold.

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For days without number the holy men
laboured to mak e this mighty bell.

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They made ready a great cauldron,
and under it a fire burned day and night.

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Then came the gold.
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Gold from the ends of the earth.
Gold offerings of the crusaders.

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Gold urns from the lands of Islam.
Gleaming, liquid gold.

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A kingdom of gold.
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Gold idols.
Golden rings tak en from the harems.


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