Excerpt from Alfred: A Romance in RhymeThough constructed on a regular, connected, and united plan, he hath not ventured to call his work an epic poem, lest its title should seem to challenge a com parison with others of a more grave and exalted charac ter, and thus cause it to be estimated by a scale taken from merits of a higher class.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.