Alfred The Great Poems - Poems about Alfred The Great

KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (circa 849-899) was the first English king to be a notable scholar, poet and translator. Alfred has been credited with translating Latin works of Boethius into Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon English), although it is not known if he did the translations himself, assisted, or just...

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KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and literature than any other English monarch. And he was quite the scholar himself, although there is no consensus that the following translations were...

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Alfred the Great Said, " Peace without axe I will bring with baptism and ring And beyond all ken Dunk enemy king and wed Saxons with great Danes to create Englishmen."...

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Alfred the Great (born Wantage, 849) Market place; he stands in isolation. Known for culinary conflagration, The object of two vandalous attacks – How scandalous to steal his battle axe ! He burned the cakes and chased the Danes But what makes Alfred great ? At Ashdown with his massive axe and helm He fought the Danes and drove them from his realm. A...

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Alfred the Great As a king was first rate; He was famed for his brains And made peace with the Danes....

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A West Saxon King of Wessex and grace He dealt with the Danes a convincing deface Father of Navy and military blow A legalised system the people should Know Nation divided the Danes bowed to truce Example in history for Robert the Bruce Before this great stand 870 anon He fought with the Danes 9 battles not one Three elder of brothers...

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