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Subject: GREAT BRITAIN - DANISH INVASIONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DANISH BARROW; ON THE EAST DEVON COAST, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lie still, old dane, below thy heap!
Last Line: As thou within the mother's breast.
Subject(s): Alfred The Great (849-1899); Great Britain - Danish Invasions; War; Alfred, King Of Wessex


ALFRED THE HARPER, by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dark fell the night, the watch was set
Last Line: And slew ten thousand foes.
Variant Title(s): King Alfred The Harper
Subject(s): Alfred The Great (849-1899); Great Britain - Danish Invasions; War; Alfred, King Of Wessex


BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Up over windy wastes and up
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K.
Subject(s): Alfred The Great (849-1899); Great Britain - Danish Invasions