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EPIGRAPH

Behind them, to divide the carrion meat,

They left the raven, dark and shadow-clad,

With cruel beak; the dun-cloaked eagle too,

With his white tail – exulting in the feast,

A hungry battle-hawk; and the grey beast,

The wolf of the deep woods …

THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, 937

Watchman, what is left of the night?

Watchman, what is left?

The watchman replies:

Dawn is coming, and also the dark.

ISAIAH 21:11 – 12