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Alfred

An Heroic Poem, in Twenty-Four Books. By Joseph Cottle: 4th ed.

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‘Talk to the hind of fear, I know it not!’
Oddune replied. ‘These are the words I bear:—
‘Ye wasting men, to Denmark's savage shore
‘Swift as the eagle, flee, or by our swords
‘Soon shall ye fall, all fall.’