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Alfred
An Heroic Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. By Joseph Cottle: 4th ed.
Cottle, Joseph (1770-1853)
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Alfred
Alfred mildly cried,
‘I chid thee but to teach how harder far
‘To bear Heaven's chiding. Now thy mind is chang'd,
‘And thou dost see how mutable the man
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‘Who on himself doth rest, when the hour comes
‘Of sore temptation. I am yet thy friend.’
Alfred