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EXT9-OLD ENCLAND-ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY-KING ALFRED THE GREAT

BY    PRAGYANSHARMA POLAVARAPU  The life  of people of British isles  since  ancient times  is  influenced  by the not-so-cold oceanic climate --England being at the eastern edge of the vast Atlantic ocean which spreads 3000 miles up to shores of USA.  The weather is influenced by the warm oceanic currents. The often rainy drizzling type weather and the greenery (forests and  low hills  in the south, forests and mountains and foggy weather in north) make British Isles a picturesque place. A genuine love for nature—visible in the descriptions of the greenery, low hills  and valleys, vast agricultural fields ,mountains and the seaside environment –pervade English literature from old to new times . “What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass....