id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 1719 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) The Ballad of the White Horse .txt text/plain 17697 1435 99 "The wise men know all evil things Like a high tide from sea. The King went gathering Wessex men, The King went gathering Christian men, "Come not to me, King Alfred, Save always for the ale: Like a little word come I; His fruit trees stood like soldiers King Alfred stood and said: And the man was come like a shadow, They roared like the great green sea; Till the world was like a sea of tears Shall stand up like a tower, Yet by God's death the stars shall stand King Alfred was but a meagre man, Till God shall turn the world over "But some see God like Guthrum, But I see God like a good giant, Came like a bad king's burial-end, Shall slide like landslips to the sea Was a great light like death, "The high tide!" King Alfred cried. That bore King Alfred's battle-sword ./cache/1719.txt ./txt/1719.txt