King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Metres of Boethius: With an English Translation, and NotesW. Pickering, 1835 - 144 pages |
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... thee obey ! Thus the sun Of the swart nights The darkness dispels , Through thy power . 15 With pallid light The bright stars The moon tempers , Through the effect of thy power : Sometimes also the sun , 20 Of her bright light Bereaves ...
... thee obey ! Thus the sun Of the swart nights The darkness dispels , Through thy power . 15 With pallid light The bright stars The moon tempers , Through the effect of thy power : Sometimes also the sun , 20 Of her bright light Bereaves ...
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... thee , mid ofer - mettum . eft gescended . and to upaharen . For opforgum . poɲuld - zerælþum . Ne eft to paclice . geortreope . ænizer goder . þonne be foɲ poɲulde . piþerpearda mæst . ° pinza preage . and þu þe relfum . spiþost ...
... thee , mid ofer - mettum . eft gescended . and to upaharen . For opforgum . poɲuld - zerælþum . Ne eft to paclice . geortreope . ænizer goder . þonne be foɲ poɲulde . piþerpearda mæst . ° pinza preage . and þu þe relfum . spiþost ...
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... thee , That thou clearly mayest , True felicities 60 Soon know : And thou never wilt Care for any thing , Above them alone , If thou fully discoverest them . Ic pille mid ziddum . zet zecýþan . hu re ælmihtiga . ealɲa gesceafta . brýnd ...
... thee , That thou clearly mayest , True felicities 60 Soon know : And thou never wilt Care for any thing , Above them alone , If thou fully discoverest them . Ic pille mid ziddum . zet zecýþan . hu re ælmihtiga . ealɲa gesceafta . brýnd ...
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... men The true nobility mod 40 That I am telling thee about ; Not in the flesh Of the dwellers upon earth . But now every man , That withal is 45 To his vices Subjected ; I hpæt rio pilde beo . þeah pir rie . anunga BOETHIUS . 65.
... men The true nobility mod 40 That I am telling thee about ; Not in the flesh Of the dwellers upon earth . But now every man , That withal is 45 To his vices Subjected ; I hpæt rio pilde beo . þeah pir rie . anunga BOETHIUS . 65.
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... thee can describe . ungerælignan . pe Di pilniað . pelan and æhta . 85 They desire Wealth and possessions , and peordsciper . to gepinnanne . þonne hi habbað þær . And dignity To acquire ; When they have that c MS . hit . METRE XX.a O ...
... thee can describe . ungerælignan . pe Di pilniað . pelan and æhta . 85 They desire Wealth and possessions , and peordsciper . to gepinnanne . þonne hi habbað þær . And dignity To acquire ; When they have that c MS . hit . METRE XX.a O ...
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æfɲe æfter æghpilc ælcer ælmihtig ænig æɲ afterwards alliteration Almighty anpald bið Boet Boethius butan buton children of men cyning dæg Dɲihten Dpær Eala ealla ealle ealler eallum eallunga efne eoɲþan eoppan eternal fæder færte fela foɲ Foɲþæm gehpilc geond gerceafta gerceop gif þu habbað heaven heofoner heofonum hine hiɲe hiona Junius King leoht lichoman Lord mæg mæɲan mæz mazon meaht METRE micel miclum middan geard middle earth mind monna monnum niht ofer pæne pær paldend peah penan peoɲulde pið pide pillan pince pind pitan polcnum polde pone ponne puhta puhte rceal recan recze relfe riðþan rpa rame Ruler rume runnan rýmle spide stars thee thing Thou mayest wonder Worldly creatures ymbe þæm þæɲe þæt þam þaɲa þeah þing þinum þir þone þonne þuɲh þý
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Page 23 - Jovful that they may. But the stark storm, When it strong comes From north and east, It quickly takes away The beauty of the rose. And also the northern storm, Constrained by necessity, That it is strongly agitated, Lashes the spacious sea Against the shore. Alas ! that on earth Aught of permanent Work in the world Does not ever remain . METRE XIII.
Page 141 - ... it, for the various and manifold worldly occupations which often busied him both in mind and in body. The occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered which in his days came upon the...
Page 92 - О children of men, Throughout the middle earth ! Let every one of the free Aspire to the Eternal good Which we are speaking about, And to the felicities That we are telling of. Let him, who is now...
Page 13 - The darkling mind, When it the strong Storms lash Of worldly cares; When it, thus contending, Its proper light Once forsakes, And in woe forgets The everlasting joy, And rushes into the darkness Of this world, Afflicted with cares ! Thus has it now befallen This my mind ; Now it no more knows Of good for God, But lamentations For the external world : To it is need of comfort METRE VI...
Page 23 - ... When the sun Clearest shines, Serenest in the heaven, Quickly are obscured Over the earth All other stars ; Because their brightness is not Brightness at all, Compared with The sun's light. When mild blows The south and western wind Under the clouds, Then quickly grow The flowers of the field...
Page 93 - That is a pleasant place, After these miseries, To possess. But I well know, That neither golden vessels, Nor heaps of silver, Nor precious stones, Nor the wealth of the middle earth, The eyes of the mind...
Page 101 - And of himself 10 The swarthy mist, The darkness of the mind Can dispel! We will as yet, With God's help, 15 With old and fabulous Stories instruct Thy mind; That thou the better mayst Discover to the skies 20 The right path; To the eternal region Of our souls. METRE XXIV.
Page 53 - That it is strongly agitated, bashes the spacious sea Against the shore. Alas ! that on earth Aught of permanent Work in the world Does not ever remain . METRE XIII. I WILL with songs Still declare, How the Almighty All creatures Governs with his bridle, Bends where he will, — With his well ordered Power Wonderfully Well moderates. The Ruler of the heavens Has so controlled And encompassed All creatures, And bound them with his chains, That they cannot find out That they ever from them May slip...
Page 14 - Storms lash Of worldly cares; When it, thus contending, Its proper light Once forsakes, And in woe forgets The everlasting joy, And rushes into the darkness Of this world, Afflicted with cares ! Thus has it now befallen This my mind ; Now it no more knows Of good for God, But lamentations For the external world : To it is need of comfort METRE VI THE* Wisdom again His treasury of words unlocked, Sung various maxims, And thus expressed himself.
Page 55 - Her tameness will keep: 50 But I think That she this new tameness, Will naught regard ; But will remember The wild habits 55 Of her parents. She will begin in earnest Her chains to sever, To roar, And first will bite 60 Her own...