Alfred the West Saxon: King of EnglishJ. M. Dent & Company, 1901 - 376 pages |
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... death - spears , A scream of warring , a cry loud of battle . With hands they drew , the warriors dread , From shining sheaths their swords ring - hilted , Of edges doughty . " Most famous of all was the national epic which tells how ...
... death - spears , A scream of warring , a cry loud of battle . With hands they drew , the warriors dread , From shining sheaths their swords ring - hilted , Of edges doughty . " Most famous of all was the national epic which tells how ...
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... death - day came . I have now bought this hoard of jewels By laying down mine aged life ; so grant Ye now the people's needs ; for I may be Here no longer . Have the battle - heroes Build a mould , gleaming after the burning , On a ...
... death - day came . I have now bought this hoard of jewels By laying down mine aged life ; so grant Ye now the people's needs ; for I may be Here no longer . Have the battle - heroes Build a mould , gleaming after the burning , On a ...
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... death ; there died the Lord . But the King arose from the regions of night With his might , the great , for the help of men . He ascended to heaven , and will hither again Come to judge mankind , in this mid - earth . On the day of doom ...
... death ; there died the Lord . But the King arose from the regions of night With his might , the great , for the help of men . He ascended to heaven , and will hither again Come to judge mankind , in this mid - earth . On the day of doom ...
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... death should fall ; a cry was raised ; ravens circled in the air , and eagles , craving for carrion ; on the earth clamour prevailed . Spears flew from the hands ; the bow was busy ; the shield received the point ; bitter was the rage ...
... death should fall ; a cry was raised ; ravens circled in the air , and eagles , craving for carrion ; on the earth clamour prevailed . Spears flew from the hands ; the bow was busy ; the shield received the point ; bitter was the rage ...
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... It is easy to understand how Alfred grew up with the instincts and qualities which make men ready to face death fearlessly on the battle- field . Chapter III The Court of the Pope " In every 28 Education and the Origin of Ideas.
... It is easy to understand how Alfred grew up with the instincts and qualities which make men ready to face death fearlessly on the battle- field . Chapter III The Court of the Pope " In every 28 Education and the Origin of Ideas.
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able Æthelred Æthelwulf Alfred's reign army Asser Athelney battle Bishop Boethius called camp Chapter character Charles Charles the Bald Christ Christian Church command court Danes Danish divine doom duty ealdorman earls East England East English enemy England English Chronicle Ethelbald Exeter fact famous father fight force fortress fyrd gave gifts give God's Guthrum hand holy honour host hundred HYDE ABBEY instinct interest judge justice kind King Alfred king's kingdom land later learned live London lord Mercia mind monastery monks nation natural noble Northmen Northumbria organisation origin pagans peace Pope probably recognised religion Roman Rome royal ruler saint seems servants ships shire spirit St Cuthbert story Stubbs tell Thames thee thegn things thou tion took tradition translated turned unto victory warrior Wessex West Saxon Wiking William of Malmesbury Winchester wisdom wise Witan word
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Page 207 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 190 - Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone For ever and ever by, One still strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat — one Who can rule and dare not lie.
Page 61 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 207 - And let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Page 321 - Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped; All I could never be, All, men ignored in me, This, I was worth to God, whose wheel the pitcher shaped.
Page 91 - WELL for him whose will is strong ! He suffers, but he will not suffer long ; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong : For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Nor all Calamity's hugest waves confound, Who seems a promontory of rock, That, coirpass'd round with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crown'd.
Page 61 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Page 190 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Page 61 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 221 - I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.