The Ballad of the White Horse

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The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911.^[1] Written in ballad form, the work has been described as one of the last great traditional epic poems ever written in the English language.^[2] The poem narrates how Alfred was able to defeat the invading Danes at the Battle of Ethandun with the aid of the Virgin Mary.