Alfred An Heroic Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. By Joseph Cottle: 4th ed. |
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Swift down the hill they rush, and in the plain
Meet the bold Saxon! Lo! the fight begins!
The battle rages! sword with sword hath met!
And hark the terrors of the sounding shield—
That, like two sheets of ice, meet, and thro' Heaven
Send their loud dissonance and horrid crash!
Meet the bold Saxon! Lo! the fight begins!
The battle rages! sword with sword hath met!
And hark the terrors of the sounding shield—
That, like two sheets of ice, meet, and thro' Heaven
Send their loud dissonance and horrid crash!
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