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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"

_ eternam._
thonne _go_n theo goden. Then go the good,
mid Gode sithian. departing with God,
echeliche wunien. 480 to dwell everlastingly
in alre wuldre. in ever-during glory.
* * * * * * * * * *
* * * me suke to the. * * * * *
_Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._ _Osmeum aperui, et attraxi ipsum._
thu * * * et drowe me to the. thou * * * drew me to thee,
walawa! and wa is me. 486 well away! and woe is me!
that ic efre com to the. that I ever came to thee;
for noldest _thu_ mid thine muthe. for thou wouldst not with thy mouth
bimaenen thine neode. bewail thy infirmities;
ac aefre di[gh]elliche. 490 but ever darkly
thu woldest _ham_ bidernan. thou wouldst hide them;
noldest thu ham siggen. nor wouldst thou confess them;
biforen none preosten. before any priest,
ther _al_le men secheth ham ore. where all men seek pardon,
bimaeneth hore misdeden. 495 bewail their misdeeds,
and seoththen milts_unge_ foth. and afterwards obtain mercy;
thurh sothne scrift.


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