Bede (c. 673-735)
“Battles were Virgil’s theme; let peace be mine,
Chanting in lieu of Helen’s wantonness
Divine compassion, to redeem and bless.”
- From Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People (and relevant letters), Book 4, chapter 20, translated by Leo Sherley-Pride, R. E. Latham and D. H. Farmer (Penguin Classics, 2003).
