The Ballad of the White Horse

Name: The Ballad of the White Horse
Author: G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton's epic poem of King Alfred and the battle of Ethandune against the Danes, told in eight books of ballad stanzas: the vision of the king, the gathering of the chiefs, the harp of Alfred, the woman in the forest, the battle and the scouring of the White Horse of Uffington. It sings the Christian West against the pagan sea.

Source: Chapter divisions as printed; Gutenberg front and back matter dropped, line wraps joined, underscored italics converted, double hyphens set as em dashes. Raw text in sources/en-US-originals/.