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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"

I was with the pricking
ipin_ed ful_sore. 540 pained ful sore:
ac nu me wulleth prikien. but now will prick me
theo pikes inne helle. those pikes in hell;
pinion me ful so_re_. punish me full sore
for thine sunne. for thy sin.
Ic was on heihnes isceapen. 545 On high was I created,
and soule ihoten. and named soul.
Ic was the seo_fothe_ isceaft. I was the seventh creation,
So theo bec seggeth. as the book says,
the the Almihti God. that Almighty God
mildeliche iwrouhte. 550 mercifully wrought.
wisli_che_ mid worde. Truly by his word
so hit al iwearth. thus it all came to pass:
heouene and eorthe. heaven and earth,
luft and engles. air and angels,
wind and wa_tere_. 555 wind and water,
thaes monnes soule. the soul of man,
this beoth theo seouene. these are the seven
the ic aer foreseide. that I before mentioned.
this was ma_kede_. These were made
thaes Almihties faeder. 560 by the Almighty Father;
of thissen andweorke.


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