King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the metres of Boethius, with tr. and notes; by S. Fox |
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Metres of Boethius, with Tr. and ... Anicius Manlius T. S. Boethius No preview available - 2018 |
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æfɲe æfter æghpilc ælcer ælmihtig ænig æɲ afterwards alliteration Almighty anɲa anpalde Aught bið Boet BOETHIUS bonne bright Bt Met Fox butan buton Cædmon children of men cyning Dɲihten Dpær Eala ealla ealle ealler eallum eoɲþan eternal fæder færte fela forþæm gehpilc geond gerceafta gerceop Grn Vol hærde heaven heofonum hine hiɲe hiopa 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 pind pitan polcnum polde pone ponne populde puhta puhte rceal recan recze riðþan rimle ripan rpa rame Ruler rume runnan rýmle spide stars thee thing Thou mayest wonder Worldly creatures þæm þæt þam þeah þing þone þonne гра
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Page 14 - 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 THE* Wisdom again His treasury of words unlocked, Sung various maxims, And thus expressed himself.
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 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 139 - ... 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 56 - Her own Master ; And quickly afterwards, Every man Whom she can seize. She will not let go Any living thing, Of cattle or men : She will seize all she finds. So do the wood birds, Though they are Well tamed : If they are among trees In the midst of the wood, Immediately their teachers Are despised, Though they long before Taught and tamed them.
Page 122 - Should hate in his breast, Like a bird or beast. But it would be most right, That every man Should render to other Dwellers in the world Reward proportionable To his deserts, In every thing : That is, that he should love Every one of the good, As he best may ; And have mercy on the wicked, As we before said. He should the man With his mind...
Page 122 - After mankind seeks, Throughout this middle earth, Terrific hunter ! And devours in pursuit. He will not any track Ever forsake, Until he has seized That which he before Sought after. It is a wretched thing, That citizens Cannot wait for him ; Unhappy men Are rather desirous To anticipate him : As birds, Or wild beasts, When they contend, Each one would The other destroy. But it is wicked In every man, That he another With his thought...
Page 93 - The desirable haven To the lofty ships Of our mind, — A great tranquil station ; That is the only haven Which ever is, After the waves Of our labours, And every storm, Always calm ; That is the refuge And the only comfort Of all the wretched, After these Worldly labours.
Page 100 - Lo ! now on earth is he in every thing A happy man, if he may see The clearest, heaven-shining stream, The noble fountain of all good, And of himself the swarthy mist, The darkness of the mind, can dispel ! We will as yet, with God's help...