One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation moves.
Alfred the Great
One God, one law, one ...
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All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be set to learn as long as they are not fit for any other occupation, until they are able to read English writing well.
Alfred the Great
A life that moves to gracious ends
Thro' troops of unrecording friends,
A deedful life, a silent voice.
Alfred the Great
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.
Alfred the Great
