The first people to be called 'English' were the Anglo-Saxons, a group of closely related Germanic tribes that began migrating to eastern and southern Great Britain, from southern Denmark and northern Germany, in the 5th century AD, after the Romans had withdrawn from Britain.
Atticus accounts him by the court to help Tom Robinson, a man who has been blamed of raping a woman, Mayella Ewell. Even though many of Maycomb's people disapprove, Atticus says yes to help Tom to the best of his ability.
Atticus is helping Tom Robinson because it's the correct thing to do and he knew he was telling the truth, Atticus is not harmful and like other people in his town.
The judge says yes to Atticus because he is the only one who would be saying yes to take his problems and failure, to the judge, is inevitable.
Since this is a poem and you have a comma after river bank, the answer would be Halting because it is starting a new line. River should not be capitalized in this sentence because it is not a proper noun. It is just a common noun.
