An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

                                
                                  Ne may him nomon deme so wel. iwis. ne al so ryhte.
                                
                                  For non ne knoweþ so wel his þonk. bute vre dryhte.
                                
                                  Vych mon wot him seolue best. his werkes and his wille.
                                
                                  Þat lest wot he seyþ ofte mest. and he þat al wot is stille.
                                
                                  Nis no witnesse al so muchel. so monnes owe heorte.
                                  Line 113 
                                
                                  For so seyþ þat vnhol is him seolue hwat him smeorteþ.
                                
                                  Vych mon schal him seolue deme. to deþe oþer to lyue.
                                
                                  Þe witnesse of his owe werk. þer-to him schal dryue.
                                
                                  And al þat euer mon hafþ idon. seþþen heo com to monne.
                                  Line 117 
                                
                                  Al so he hit iseye on boke iwryten. hit schal him þinche þenne.
                                
                                  Ne schal nomon beon ydemed. after his bigynnynge.
                                
                                  Ah dom schal þolyen vych mon. after his endinge
                                
                                  If þe ende is vuel. al hit is vuel. god yef vs god ende.
                                
                                  God yef vs vre ende gód. hwider þat he vs lende.
                                  Line 122 
                                
                                  Þe mon þat neuer nule do god. ne neuer god lif lede.
                                
                                  Þat deþ cume to his dure. he may sore a-drede.
                                
                                  Þat he ne Muwe bidden ore. for þat i-tyt ilóme.
                                
                                  Vor-þi is wis þat bit ore. and bet. bi-vore þe dome.
                                  Line 126 
                                
                                  Hwenne deþ is at þe dure. wel late he bit ore.
                                
                                  Wel late he leteþ þat vuel. þenne he ne may do na more.
                                
                                  Bilef sunne hwil þu myht. and do bi godes lore.
                                
                                  And do to gode hwat þu myht. if þu wilt habben ore.
                                
                                  For we hit ileueþ wel. and dryhten seolf hit seyde.
                                  Line 131 
                                
                                  On hwiche tyme so euer þe mon. of-þincheþ his mys|dede.
                                
                                  Oþer raþer oþer later. Milce he schal y-mete.
                                
                                  Ah he þat nouht naueþ ibét. muchel he haueþ to bete.
                                
                                  Mony mon seyþ hwo rekþ of pyne. þat schal habben ende.
                                  Line 135 
                                
                                  Ne bidde ich no bet. bute ich beo. ilesed a domes day of bende.
                                
                                  Lutel wot he hwat is pyne. and lutel he hit iknoweþ.
                                
                                  Hwich hete is þar þe soule wuneþ. hw bitter wynd þer bloweþ.

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Title: An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,
Author: Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894.
Canvas: Page 62
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1872.
Subject terms: English poetry

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