Die Kildare-gedichte; die ältesten mittelenglischen denkmäler in anglo-irischer überlieferung von Dr. W. Heuser ...

                                
                                  Þat louiþ more þis world is welle
                                
                                  Þan god þat haþ ham of erþe iwroȝte [folio 22] 
                                  Line 49 
                                
                                  And so swiþe dere ham boȝte.
                                
                                  He nel is catel spen in wast,
                                
                                  Ac euer he hit witiþ fast;
                                
                                  He nold þat aliue nere
                                  Line 53 
                                
                                  None so riche, as he were,
                                
                                  And euer, so he hauiþ more,
                                
                                  Þe faster he gaderiþ to store;
                                
                                  And euer he wol is lif so lede,
                                  Line 57 
                                
                                  In mochel sorow and in drede,
                                
                                  Nel he neuer hab rest,
                                
                                  Is mochil mukke to witi fast,
                                
                                  Þat ne mai in him slepe cum,
                                  Line 61 
                                
                                  Lest is muk [mukke, Ms. muks]  be him benome.
                                
                                  Leuer him wer ȝiue of is blode
                                
                                  Þan ani man of is gode.
                                
                                  Nel he of oþir þing hede,
                                  Line 65 
                                
                                  But is fule bodi fede
                                
                                  Mid is siluir and is gold,
                                
                                  Noȝt is soule þat he schold.
                                
                                  Apan is muk he sit abrode,
                                  Line 69 
                                
                                  He þat þus doþ mid is gode;
                                
                                  He ne þenchith [th im Ms.]  noȝt in is end
                                
                                  Þat he sal of þis world wend,
                                
                                  And vnderstonde noȝt he nelle,
                                  Line 73 
                                
                                  What he is, no whoder he schel.
                                
                                  His catel he weniþ witi wel,
                                
                                  Oc in is [his]  soule þenche he nelle;
                                
                                  Wiþ is siluir and is gold
                                
                                  He weniþ euer is lif hold.
                                
                                  Whan he weniþ liuie wel,
                                  Line 79 
                                
                                  Mid deþ adun fal he schel;
                                
                                  Þe deuil benimiþ him is breþ,
                                
                                  Moch sorow þan he him deþ.
                                
                                  For is gode þe fend him deriiþ,
                                  Line 83 
                                
                                  And is soul to helle he feriiþ;
                                
                                  Þe deuil is his executur

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Title: Die Kildare-gedichte; die ältesten mittelenglischen denkmäler in anglo-irischer überlieferung von Dr. W. Heuser ...
Author: Heuser, Wilhelm
Canvas: Page 123
Publication: Bonn,: P. Hanstein,; 1904.

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