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<title>The Wife’s Lament</title>
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Ic þis giedd wrece bime ful geomorre minre sylfre sið
Ic þæt secgan mæg hwæt ic yrmþa gebad siþþan icupweox
niwes oþþe ealdes noma þon nu aicwite wonn minra
wræcsiþa ærest minhlaford gewat heonan ofleodum
ofer yþa gelac hæfde ic uht ceare hwærmin leodfru
ma londes wære. ða icme feran gewat folgað secan
wineleas wræcca forminre weaþearfe. Ongunnon þæt
þæs monnes magas hycgan þurh dyrne geþoht þæthy
todælden unc þætwit gewidost inworuldrice lifdon
laðlicost ondmec longade. Hetmec hlaford min her
heard niman ahte icleofra lyt onþissum londste
de holdra freonda forþonismin hyge geomor.
ðaicme fulgemæcne monnan funde heard sæligne
hyge geomorne mod miþendne morþor hycgendne
bliþe gebæro fuloftwit beotedan þætunc nege dælde
nemne deað ana. owiht elles eft isþæt onhworfen is
nuswa hit nowære freond scipe uncer scealicfeor ge
neah mines fela leofan fæhðu dreogan heht mec
mon wunian onwuda bearwe under actreo inþam
eorð scræfe. Eald is þes eorð sele eal iceom oflongad.
sindon dena dimme duna upheabitre burgtunas
brerum beweax ne wicwynna leas ful oft mecher wra
þe begeat from siþ frean frynd sind oneorþan leofe
lifgende leger weardiað þonne icon uhtan ana gonge
under ac treo geond þas eorð scrafu þæric sittan
mot sumor langne. dæg þæric wepan mæg mine
wræcsiþas earfoþa fela forþonic æfre nemæg þære
modceare minre gerestan. neealles þæs longaþes þe
mec onþissum life begeat ascyle geong mon wesan geo
mor mod heard heortan geþoht swylce habban sceal
bliþe gebæro eacþon breost ceare sinsorgna gedreag
syæthim sylfum gelong ealhis worulde wyn syfulwi
de fah feorres folc londes þætmin freond siteð
understan hliþe storme behrimed wine werig mod
wætre beflowen ondreor sele dreogeð semin wine
micle mod ceare hegemon tooft wynlicran wic
wabið þamþe sceal oflangoþe leofes abidan.
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