Alfred (opera)
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Alfred (1740) is a masque written by David Mallet and James Thomson. The masque is about Alfred the Great, and was first performed at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, on 1 August 1740, to commemorate the accession of George I and the birthday of the Princess Augusta. It was the vehicle for the British patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!".
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Quotes
[edit]- Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself, or his own virtue.- Act I, Scene I.
- What proves the hero truly great,
Is never, never to despair.- Act I, Scene III.
- Rule Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.- Act II, Scene X.
