For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, Argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew, From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue.
The greater the man the greater the courtesy. - Alfred The Great
The greater the man the greater the courtesy.
- Alfred The Great
I am a part of all whom I have met. - Alfred The Great
I am a part of all whom I have met.
When the Sun Clearest shineth Serenest in the heaven, Quickly are obscured All over the earth Other stars. - Alfred The Great
When the Sun Clearest shineth Serenest in the heaven, Quickly are obscured All over the earth Other stars.
Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of go… - Alfred The Great
Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of go…
For man is man and master of his fate. - Alfred The Great
For man is man and master of his fate.
Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe! - Alfred The Great
Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!
For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of pros… - Alfred The Great
For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of pros…
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works. - Alfred The Great
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
Ah, what shall I be at fifty, should nature keep me alive, if I find the world so bitter when I am but twenty-five? - Alfred The Great
Ah, what shall I be at fifty, should nature keep me alive, if I find the world so bitter when I am but twenty-five?
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