Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 18, 2016)
Summary
One of the Last Great Epic Poems in the English Language. The Ballad of the White Horse is an epic poem by G.K. Chesterton about the adventures of the Saxon king, Alfred the Great. Good battles evil as the Christian English king seeks victory over pagan invaders. In both conception and detail, J.R.R. Tolkien is said to have been indebted to The Ballad of the White Horse in his writing of The Lord of the Rings.