King Ethelbert. John Philips (1676-1708). Sutton-Acres. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. England: Vols. I-IV

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.

Sutton-Acres

King Ethelbert

John Philips (1676–1708)


(From Cider) AND Sutton-Acres, drenched with regal blood
Of Ethelbert, when to the unhallowed feast
Of Mercian Offa he invited came
To treat of spousals; long connubial joys
He promised to himself, allured by fair	5
Elfrida’s beauty; but deluded died
In height of hopes. O hardest fate, to fall
By show of friendship and pretended love!