The Wanderer in Poetic Form

Lines 51-65

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Poetic Transcription of Line 51-65

þonne maga gemynd         mod geondhweorfeð;                                &

greteð gliwstafum,         georne geondsceawað                                &

secga geseldan.         Swimmað eft on weg!                                &

Fleotendra ferð         no þær fela bringeð                                    &

cuðra cwidegiedda.         Cearo bið geniwad                (55)                &

þam þe sendan sceal         swiþe geneahhe                                &

ofer waþema gebind         werigne sefan.                                    &

Forþon ic geþencan ne mæg         geond þas woruld                        &

for hwan modsefa         min ne gesweorce,                                    &

þonne ic eorla lif         eal geondþence,                        (60)                    &

hu hi færlice         flet ofgeafon,                                                &

modge maguþegnas.         Swa þes middangeard                                    &

ealra dogra gehwam         dreoseð ond fealleþ,                                    &

forþon ne mæg weorþan wis         wer, ær he age                            &

wintra dæl in woruldrice.         Wita sceal geþyldig,        (65)                    &

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