For many a pett…

For many a petty king ere Arthur came
Ruled in this isle, and ever waging war
Each upon other, wasted all the land;
And still from time to time the heathen host
Swarmed overseas, and harried what was left.

-Merlin, The Idylls of the King (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

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