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THE KENTISH HYMN

    
3Wuton wuldrian weorada dryhten halgan hlioðorcwidum,
4hiofenrices weard, lufian liofwendum, lifęs agend,
5and him simle sio sigefęst wuldor uppe mid ænglum ,
6and on eorðan sibb gumena gehwilcum goodes willan.
7We ðe heriað halgum stefnum and þe blætsiað, bilewit
8fęder, and ðe þanciað, þioda walden, ðines weorðlican
9wuldordreames and ðinra miclan mægena gerena,
10ðe ðu, god dryhten, gastes mæhtum hafest on
11gewealdum hiofen and eorðan, an ece fęder, ælmehtig god.
12ðu eart cyninga cyningc cwicera gehwilces, ðu eart sigefest
13sunu and soð hęlend ofer ealle gescęft angla and manna.
14ðu, dryhten god, on dreamum wunast on ðære upplican
15æðelan ceastre, frea folca gehwæs, swa ðu æt fruman
16wære efeneadig bearn agenum fæder.
17ðu eart heofenlic lioht and ðæt halige lamb, ðe ðu
18manscilde middangeardes for þinre arfęstnesse ealle towurpe,
19fiond geflæmdest, follc generedes blode
20gebohtest bearn Israela ,

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21ða ðu ahofe ðurh ðæt
22halige triow ðinre ðrowunga ðriostre senna, þæt ðu on
23hæahsetle heafena rices sitest sigehræmig on
24ða swiðran hand ðinum godfæder, gasta gemyndig.
25Mildsa nu, meahtig, manna cynne, and of leahtrum ales ðine
26ða liofan gescęft, and us hale gedo, heleða
27sceppend, niða nergend, for ðines naman are.
28ðu eart soðlice simle halig, and ðu eart ana æce dryhten,
29and ðu ana bist eallra dema cwucra ge deadra,
30Crist nergende , forðan ðu on ðrymme ricsast and on
31ðrinesse and on annesse, ealles waldend, hiofena
32heahcyninc, haliges gastes fegere gefelled in fæder
33wuldre.