...That even imperfect faith to man affords?" P. 20. His eulogium on Alfred is just and energetic : " King to Justice dear ; Lord of the harp and liberating...Might range the starry ether for a crown Equal to hi» deserts, who, like the rear, Pours forth his bounty, like the day doth cheer. And awes like night...

...That even imperfect faith to man affords ?" P. 20. His eulogium on Alfred is just and energetic : " King to Justice dear ; Lord of the harp and liberating...Indigent Renown Might range the starry ether for a crown Eqnal to his deserts, who, like the tear, Pours forth his bounty, like the day cloth chter, And awes...

..."an emphatic inanity" in them: — they see sense, point and truth, for instance, in that on Alfred, "Behold a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious Alfred,...Might range the starry ether for a crown Equal to hit deserts; who, like the year, Pours forth his bounty; like the day doth cheer; And awes, like night,...

...Arts, — but classic lore glides on By these Religious saved for all posterity. f ЛЛ » 1. ALFRED. BEHOLD a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious ALFRED,...Might range the starry ether for a crown Equal to Au deserts, who, like the year, Pours forth his bounty, like the day doth cheer, And awes like night...

...all then- Arts, — but classic lore glides ou By these Religious saved for all posterity. ALFRED. BEHOLD a pupil of the monkish gown, The pious ALFRED,...Might range the starry ether for a crown Equal to Ais deserts, who, like the year, Pours forth his bounty, like the day doth cheer, And awes like night...

...liberating spear ; Mirror of Princes ! Indigent Renown Might range the starry ether for a crown Equal to hie deserts, who, like the year, Pours forth his bounty,...mercy-tempered frown. Ease from this noble miser of his time 4o moment steals ; pain narrows not his cares*. Though small his kingdom as a spark or gem, Of Alfred...

...repair. How sweet thus lifeless, though with life, to lie! Thus, without dying, 0 how sweet to die ! " " The pious Alfred, king to justice dear, Lord of the harp and liberating spear." L« SCISCITATOR. " The verie essence and, as it were, springchcade and origine of all mnsicke is the...

...mankind to produce, among the kings of the earth, an equal to her immortal Alfred." (Rev. HJ Rose.) " The pious Alfred, King to Justice dear, Lord of the harp, and liberating spear, Mirror of princes." WORDSWORTH. After the lapse of a thousand years, Englishmen still fondly cherish the character and...

...survey of Anglo-Saxon literature may fitly be d. 901. ( dosed with the illustrious name of Alfred ; The pious Alfred, king to Justice dear, Lord of the harp and liberating spear ! The ninth century in England must be held in abiding reverence, if it had given birth to no distinguished...

...Scotland, and Ireland. It was ennobled by King Alfred, one of the finest kings that is known to fame. " The pious Alfred, king to justice dear, Lord of the harp and liberating spear!" William and the Normans, from Normandy, in France, tried to destroy the Saxon language, and plant the...