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Poem of the Day: N.VÆdward.Vers

  1. *Poeta*
  2. Surgens musa tuis comitata decenter alumpnis,
  3. sopitum longa solue quiete larem.
  4. Qui terras coxit sol, a torrente retorsit
  5. mitis equos Cancro, orbe sub occiduo,
  6. succendens Chelas, ad tedia longa tenebras
  7. extendit noctis prodigus excubiis.
  8. Longa quies calami dissoluit mentis acumen;
  9. canitiemque sui cera ueterna dolet.
  10. Nos tenues, rebus dilapsis, pluris egemus,
  11. ...

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Word Form of the Day: sorhwylmum

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Bede's Death Song, Northumbrian Version 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxxS~x
Type: d3c
Sievers
Scansion: xxx / | ~ x
Type: C3

Syntax: NC
Non Primary Ictus: s
Light Verse

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Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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