BOOK
IX.

a

Thar we swuttollice

Then we manifestly
Siththan oncnawath

Shall afterwards know
Eal thæt we geworhton All that we have done
On woruld rice,

In the world's kingdom,
Betere and wyrse.

Better and worse.
Thar beoth buta geara;

There shall we be without dis

guise ;
Ne magon we

Nor may we
Hitna dyrnan,

It at all conceal ;
For tham the hit

For this reason that it
Drihten wat;

The Lord will know;
And thar gewitnesse

And witnesses there
Beoth wuldor micele,

Will be, in great glory,
Heofen waru,

The citizens of heaven,
And eorth waru,

Earth's citizens also,
Hel waru thridde.

And hell, a third class.
Thon beoth egsa

Then will be dread
Geond ealle world.

Over all the world.
Thar man us tyhhath

There to us will be decreed
On dæg twegen eardas, A day of two worlds,
Drihtenes are,

Honor with the Lord,
Oth the deofoles theowet ; Or servitude to devils ;
Swa hwather we geearniath As we shall either earn
Her on life tha hwile,

Here while in life,
The ure nihta

When our nights
Moste wæron.

Should be the greatest.
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
Ae thonne us alysath,

But then redeem us,
Lifigende God!

O living God!
Sawle ure,

In our souls,
Swa we her gifath

As we here give
Earmon mannum

To the poor men
The with us agilt.

That against us offend.
And lead us not into temptation.
And na us thu ne læt

And do not thou let us
Lathe beswican

Be hatefully misled
On costnunga,

Into temptation,
Cwellan and bærnan

To kill and burn
Sawle ure,

Our souls,
Theah we sinna fela

Tho' we many sins

СНАР.

III.

Didon for ure disige

Have done thro' our folly. Dæges and nihtes.

Days and nights. Idele spræce,

In idle speech, And unriht weorc,

And unrighteous conduct, Thine bodu bræcon.

We have broken thy command

ments. We the biddath nu,

We now pray of Thee, Ælmihtig God!

Almighty God! Are and gifness.

Honor and grace. Ne læt swa heanlice

Nor let so wretchedly Thin hand geweorc,

Thy hand-work, On ende dæge

On the day of the end Eal forwurthan!

Be all destroyed !

But deliver us from evil. Ac alys us of yfeli.

But rescue us from evil. Ealle we bethurfen

We all need
Godes gifnesse.

The
grace

of God. We agylt habbath

We have transgressed
And swithe gesingod. And greatly sinned.
We the, sothfæstan God! We thee, O righteous God!
Hæriath and lofiath,

Magnify and praise,
Swa thu hælend eart,

As Thou art the Saviour, Cynebearn gecydd,

The royal child announced, Cwycum and deadum ; To the living and the dead; Æthele and ece,

The noble and eternal one,
Ofer calle thinge.

Over all things.
Thu milit on anre land Thou couldst on one hand
Eathe befealdan

Easily have thrown down
Ealne middar eard.

All this middle earth, Swilc is mære cyningc.

Such is the Great King.

Sy swa thu silf wilt,
Sothfæst dema!
We the engla God
Ealle heriath,
Swa thu eart gawurthod
A on worlda forth.

Amen.

Be it as Thou thyself willest,
O righteous Judge!
We the God of angels
All praise,
As Thou wilt be honored
Henceforth for ever.

We will close this branch of our subject of the poetical composition of our Anglo-Saxons with

IX.

BOOK another remarkable instance of its paraphrastic

character, hardly indeed retaining any other semblance of poesy than the metre of the lines, and this continuous periphrasis ; which, however, exhibits an ingenious fertility of amplification, as well as much laudable piety. It is their metrical Gloria Patri.

GLORY be

Sy the, wulder and lof
Wide geopnod
Geon ealle theoda ;
Thanc and willa,
Mægen and mildse,
And ealles modes lufu ;
Sothfæstna sib
And thines silfes dom
World gewlitegod.
Swa thu wealdan miht
Eall eorthan mægen,
And uplifte wind;
dni wolcna wealdest
talle on riht.

To Thee, be wonder and praise
Wide expanded
Over all the earth ;
Thanks and willingness,
Strength and mercy,
And the love of every mind;
Steadfast peace
And thine own judgments
Framed in the world.
So mayest Thou govern
Every power on earth,
And the wind of the upper

air ;
And Thou rulest the sky
All with righteousness.

To the FATHER, and to the Son, and to the

HOLY SPIRIT.

Thu eart frofra Fæder,
And feorh hyrda,
Llies laththeow,
Leohtes wealdend,
Asundrod fram sinnum ;
Swa thin sunu mære,
Thruh clæne gecynd,
Cyninc ofer ealle,
Beald gebletsod;
Boca lareow,
Heah hige frofre.

Thou art the Father of comfort,
And the Spirit's guardian,
The leader of life,
The governor of light,
Apart from all sins;
So thy great Son,
Through his pure nature,
King over all,
Hath blessed the constant;
Our book teacher,
The mind's high refuge.

CHAP.

III.

As it was in the beginning. Swa wæs en fruman

As he was in the beginning Frea mancynnes,

The Lord of mankind, Ealre worlde,

Of all the world, Wlite and freofre,

Beauteous and consoling, Clæne and cræftig;

Pure and skilful ;
Thu gecyddest

Thou didst announce
Thet tha Thu ece God; That Thou art the eternal God;
Ana geworhtest,

Thou alone didst frame,
Thurh halige miht,

Through holy might, Heofenas and eorthan,

The heavens and earth, Eardas and uplyft,

Countries and the superior air, And ealle thinc ;

And all things; Thu settest on foldan

Thou placest on the ground
Swithe fela cynna,

Very many races,
And to syndrodost hig And didst separate them
Siththan on manega.

Afterwards, in their multitudes.
Tha geworhtest,

Thou didst make, Ece God!

Everlasting God! Ealle gesceafta

All creatures On six dagum;

In six days; Seofothan thu gerestest

On the seventh Thou ceased Thin fægere weorc,

Thy beautiful work, And Thu sunnan dæg

And Thou the Sunday Silf halgodest;

Thyself didst hallow; And Thu mærsodest hine And thou magnified it Manegum to helpe.

For a help to many.
Thone heahan dæg

This high day
Healdath and frithiath, Observe and keep peaceful
Ealle tha the cunnon ;

All that know Thee;
Cristene theawas,

The Christian customs, Haligne heort lufan,

The heart's holy love, And thæs hihstan gebod,

And this highest precept,
On Drihtenes naman ;

In the Lord's name ;
And se dæg is gewurthod. And the day is honoured.

Is now, and ever shall be.
And nu symle

And now for ever
Thine sothan weorc,

Thy true work,
And thine micele miht, And thy vast might,
Manegum swutelath;

Is manifest to many;
Swa thine cræflas

So thy skill

a