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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ALFRED THE GREAT (849-1899) Matches Found: 5 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 GREAT TO HIS MEN, by JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My friends, this country must be free! That land Last Line: Is in an arm! Strike till you're free, or fall! Subject(s): Alfred The Great (849-1899); 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 SONNET ON ALFRED OF ENGLAND, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There rose, from out a most discordant age Last Line: Brings on himself like shame and misery on the land. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Alfred The Great (849-1899); Courts & Courtiers; Law & Lawyers; Alfred, King Of Wessex |
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