The Ballad of the White Horse

Described as "one of the last epic poems in the English language," it tells the story of King Alfred's battle against the Danes (on the year 878). This poem is in the same category as "The homecoming of Beorhtnoth" by Tolkien, which describes a different battle, the battle of Maldon, on the year 991, 113 years later, when the Danes had been replaced by the Viking (probably Norwegians).