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The Ballad of the White Horse 7.9.79

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The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of poetry about one of England's forgotten heroes and saviours, King Alfred.

The Ballad of the White Horse - This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical. All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history. King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie. But King Alfred is a legend in this broader and more human sense, that the legends are the most important things about him.

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The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of poetry about one of England's forgotten heroes and saviours, King Alfred.
This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical.
All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history.
King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend.
That is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie.
But King Alfred is a legend in this broader and more human sense, that the legends are the most important things about him.