| Dream
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| 101 |
Deað
he þær byrigde, |
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hwæðere
eft dryhten aras |
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mid
his miclan mihte |
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mannum
to helpe. |
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He
ða on heofenas astag. |
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Hider
eft fundaþ |
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on
þysne middangeard |
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mancynn
secan |
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| 105 |
on
domdæge |
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dryhten sylfa, |
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ælmihtig
god, |
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ond
his englas mid, |
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þæt
he þonne wile deman, |
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se
ah domes geweald, |
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anra
gehwylcum |
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swa
he him ærur her |
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on
þyssum lænum |
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life
geearnaþ. |
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| 110 |
Ne
mæg þær ænig |
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unforht
wesan |
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for
þam worde |
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þe
se wealdend cwyð. |
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Frineð
he for þære mænige |
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hwær
se man sie, |
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se
ðe for dryhtnes naman |
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deaðes
wolde |
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biteres
onbyrigan, |
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swa
he ær on ðam beame dyde. |
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| 115 |
Ac
hie þonne forhtiað, |
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ond fea þencaþ |
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hwæt
hie to Criste |
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cweðan
onginnen. |
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Ne
þearf ðær þonne ænig |
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anforht
wesan |
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þe
him ær in breostum bereð |
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beacna
selest, |
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ac
ðurh ða rode sceal |
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rice
gesecan |
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| 120 |
of
eorðwege |
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æghwylc
sawl, |
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seo
þe mid wealdende |
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wunian
þenceð." |
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Gebæd
ic me þa to þan beame |
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bliðe
mode, |
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elne
mycle, |
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þær
ic ana wæs |
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mæte
werede. |
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Wæs
modsefa |
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| 125 |
afysed
on forðwege, |
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feala
ealra gebad |
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langunghwila. |
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Is
me nu lifes hyht |
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þæt
ic þone sigebeam |
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secan mote |
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ana
oftor |
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þonne
ealle men, |
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well
weorþian. |
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Me
is willa to ðam |
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| 130 |
mycel
on mode, |
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ond min mundbyrd is |
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geriht
to þære rode. |
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Nah
ic ricra feala |
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freonda
on foldan, |
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ac
hie forð heonon |
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gewiton
of worulde dreamum, |
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sohton
him wuldres cyning, |
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lifiaþ
nu on heofenum |
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mid
heahfædere, |
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| 135 |
wuniaþ
on wuldre, |
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ond ic wene me |
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daga
gehwylce |
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hwænne
me dryhtnes rod, |
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þe
ic her on eorðan |
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ær
sceawode, |
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on
þysson lænan |
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life
gefetige |
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ond
me þonne gebringe |
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þær is blis mycel, |
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| 140 |
dream
on heofonum, |
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þær is dryhtnes folc |
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geseted
to symle, |
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þær
is singal blis, |
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ond
me þonne asette |
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þær
ic syþþan mot |
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wunian
on wuldre, |
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well
mid þam halgum |
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dreames
brucan. |
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Si
me dryhten freond, |
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| 145 |
se
ðe her on eorþan |
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ær
þrowode |
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on
þam gealgtreowe |
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for
guman synnum. |
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He
us onlysde |
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ond
us lif forgeaf, |
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heofonlicne
ham. |
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Hiht
wæs geniwad |
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mid
bledum ond mid blisse |
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þam þe þær bryne þolodan. |
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| 150 |
Se
sunu wæs sigorfæst |
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on
þam siðfate, |
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mihtig
ond spedig, |
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þa he mid manigeo com, |
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gasta
weorode, |
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on
godes rice, |
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anwealda
ælmihtig, |
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englum
to blisse |
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ond
eallum ðam halgum |
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þam
þe on heofonum ær |
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| 155 |
wunedon
on wuldre, |
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þa
heora wealdend cwom, |
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ælmihtig
god, |
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þær his eðel wæs. |
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