<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345996" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Edward The Confessor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here Edward king, lord of the English,<br>sent his soul strong in truth to Christ,<br>in God's safekeeping, his holy spirit,<br>He in this world dwelt for a time<br>in kingly power and wise counsel.<br>Freely the king for twenty-four<br>winter-times shared out wealth<br>and prosperous times, ruler of men,<br>graciously governed Welsh and Scots,<br>And Britons also, Aethelred's son,<br>with Angles and Saxons, and their warriors,<br>Clasped, round by cold waves,<br>all obeyed Edward, noble king;<br>they heard him faithfully, his young retainers.<br>The blameless king was ever happy in spirit, <br>though he long had been deprived of land,<br>walked the outcast's ways wide on the earth,<br>after Cnut overcame Aethelred's kin,<br>And Danes ruled over the dear kingdom<br>of the English land, sharing its wealth<br>for twenty-eight winter-times.<br>After he came forth freely bearing armour,<br>the best of good kings, pure and mild,<br>Edward the atheling defended his home,<br>land and people, until suddenly came<br>death and bitter, and took the dear one,<br>the atheling from the earth; the angels accompanied him, <br>his soul strong in truth, into the sky's light,<br>The wise one therefore committed the kingdom<br>to one high in rank, Harold himself,<br>noble eorl, who at all times<br>faithfully obeyed his lord<br>in words and deeds, holding back nothing<br>at the need of the king of the people.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anonymous+Olde+English">Anonymous Olde English</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345996" data-title="Edward The Confessor de Anonymous Olde English" data-description="Here Edward king, lord of the English, sent his soul strong in truth to Christ, in God's safekeeping, his holy spirit, He in this world dwelt for a time in kingly power and wise counsel. Freely the king for twenty-four winter-times shared out weal..."></div> </div> </div>

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