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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"

395 Thou shalt rot
and brostnian. and corrupt;
thine bon beoth bedaeled. thy bones will be separated
_from th_aere waede. from the clothing
the heo weren to iwunede. in which they were inhabited;
breketh lith from lithe. 400 limb breaks from limb;
liggeth the bon stil. the bones lie still,
_tha_ ure drihten eft. until our Lord again
of deathe heo araereth. from death raiseth them,
so he alle men deth. as he doth all men,
thonne domes daie _cume_th. 405 when doomsday cometh.
thonne scalt thu erming. Then shalt thou, miserable!
up arisen. up arise,
imeten thine morth deden. thy deadly sins measured,
theo the murie _were_n. that were so pleasant to thee;
seoruhful and sorimod. 410 sorrowful and melancholy,
so thin lif wrouhte. the crimes of thy life.
nu beoth thine earen fordutte. Now are thine ears closed,
_non drea_me ihereth. no pleasant sounds they hear;
theo leorneden theo listen. they learned, they listened
tha luthere weren. 415 to those that were wicked.


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