Verses from a letter to Sigeric, Abbot of St Augustine’s; Bishop of Ramsbury (985×986-990); Archbishop of Canterbury (990-994)
Mitis ab æthereo clementia Christus Olimpo
Protegat, exaltet, ornet, amet, foveat.
Nec, precor, aspiciat clementi lumine nostras
Litterulas, scripsit quæ pietatis amor.
Terra, polus, pelagus, homines volucresque feræque,
Cantoris resonent voce, valeto pater.
Pagina si brevis est, non est brevis ardor amantis,
Nam plus corda colunt quam mea verba sonant.
Christicolæ angelica Sigerico carmina laudent
Salve, sancte Dei præsul resonantque per ævum.