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Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872

"The Departing Soul's Address to the Body A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral"

that thy mouth is closed,
_the_ theo teone ut lettest. 215 with which thou reproach uttered,
the he heom sore grulde. which sorely provoked them;
thet ham gros the a[gh]an. that they raged against thee;
_dae_th hine haveth bituned. death hath closed it,
and thene teone aleid. and the anger taken away.
Soth is iseid. 220 Truly it is said
on then salme _be_c. in the Psalm book,
_Os tuum habundavit malitia_, _os tuum habundavit malitia_,
was on thine muthe. wickedness ripe
luthernesse ripe. was in thy mouth.
_no_ldest thu on thine huse. 225 Thou wouldst not in thy house
herborwen theo wrecchen. shelter the poor,
ne mihten heo under _thine_ roue. nor might they under thy roof
none reste finden. find any rest;
noldest thu naefre helpen. nor wouldst thou ever help
tham orlease w_recche_n. 230 the unhappy wretches;
ac thu sete on thine benche. but thou sate on thy bench,
underleid mid thine bolstre. underlaid with thy bolster,
thu wurpe _cn_eow ofer cneow. thou threw knee over knee,
ne icneowe thu the sulfen.


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