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Athelney
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Excerpt from Athelney: And Other Poems
Athelney.
Part I.
King Alfred came from battle, with his thanes
To Chippenham, where stayed that day the Queen
Alswitha, guarded of a few, that yet
Clave to their lord the King, when all his best
Forsook him. He had passed in arms, to meet
The heathen lances, counting scarce a tithe
Their number, and returned with scarce a tithe
Of those he led to battle.
The grey day
Was near its close, but ere its sun, which then,
Wheeled on the lowest pathway of the year,
Sank into darkness, his great shield-like orb
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