Alfred An Heroic Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. By Joseph Cottle: 4th ed. |
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Thus the king replied:
‘Sigbert, remember, I am man, not God!
‘He must the deed forgive!’—When Sigbert thus:
‘Most truly! and, by wrestling fervently,
‘His ear hath heard my prayer; and I have faith
‘Thro' Him who is the sinner's Advocate,
‘That pardon'd in the Almighty's eye I stand.
‘Do thou forgive me!’—
‘Sigbert, remember, I am man, not God!
‘He must the deed forgive!’—When Sigbert thus:
‘Most truly! and, by wrestling fervently,
‘His ear hath heard my prayer; and I have faith
‘Thro' Him who is the sinner's Advocate,
‘That pardon'd in the Almighty's eye I stand.
‘Do thou forgive me!’—
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