STANDING STONES

Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle!
Whether by Merlin's aid, from Eirish shore, To Cadbury plain Pendragon bore,
Huge frame of giant-hands, the mighty pile T' entomb his Britons slain by Hengist's guile:
Or Druid priests, the teachings bore, Taught 'mid deep groves their mystic lore:
Rear'd the rude heap: or, in thy hallow'd deep round,
Repose the kings of Brutus' line;
Or here those kings in state were crown'd:
Studious to trace thy wondrous origine,
We muse on many an ancient tale renown'd.
---Thomas Warton, 1561

STANDING STONES & MEGALITHS