Alfred An Heroic Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. By Joseph Cottle: 4th ed. |
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‘Be these thy thoughts,
‘Oh Sigbert! and when wrath o'ertakes thee, wrongs
‘Stop thee to hear their tale; gird up thy mind,
‘And like the sojourner, whose home is Heaven,
‘Small things endure unruffled. Thou hast slain
‘A pleading man!—Albeit an enemy,
‘Yet still a man. I would forget the deed,
‘For in thy countenance, methinks I see
‘Contrition; that—to God! and for thy kind
‘And many services, I hold thee dear.’
‘Oh Sigbert! and when wrath o'ertakes thee, wrongs
‘Stop thee to hear their tale; gird up thy mind,
‘And like the sojourner, whose home is Heaven,
‘Small things endure unruffled. Thou hast slain
‘A pleading man!—Albeit an enemy,
‘Yet still a man. I would forget the deed,
‘For in thy countenance, methinks I see
‘Contrition; that—to God! and for thy kind
‘And many services, I hold thee dear.’
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