How many years have been devoured
By Time’s voracious hunger
Since a king carrying the Cross
Together with his scepter
Ruled a people unafraid of battle
For the faith and their fathers’ land,
Knowing there are things worse
Than demise of the body?
In the modern age
When men elect rulers
To govern the self-governing,
All noble passions have been stifled
By the allure of material comfort,
. . .
The rest is at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/flesh-and-spirit/.
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
