Anonymous: The Partridge (88 words)

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THE PARTRIDGE

    
3Hyrde ic secgan gen bi sumum fugle wundorlicne fæger ,
4þæt word þe gecwæð wuldres ealdor: In swa hwylce tiid
5swa ge mid treowe to me on hyge hweorfað, ond ge hellfirena
6sweartra geswicað, swa ic symle to eow mid siblufan sona
7gecyrre þurh milde mod.
8Ge beoð me siþþan torhte tireadge talade ond rimde, beorhte
9gebroþor on bearna stæl.
10Uton we þy geornor gode oliccan, firene feogan, friþes
11earnian, duguðe to dryhtne, þenden us dæg scine,
12þæt swa æþelne eardwica cyst in wuldres wlite wunian motan.
13finit.