# Homiletic Fragment I # sorh cymeþ || manig ond mislic || in manna dream eorl oþerne || mid æfþancum ond mid teonwordum || tæleþ behindan spreceþ fægere beforan || ond þæt facen swa þeah hafaþ in his heortan || hord unclæne byþ þonne þæs wommes gewita || weoruda dryhten forþan se witiga cwæþ # || ne syle þu me ætsomne || mid þam synfullum in wita forwyrd || weoruda dryhten ne me on life forleos || mid þam ligewyrhtum þam þe ful smeþe || spræce habbaþ ond in gastcofan || grimme geþohtas gehataþ holdlice || swa hyra hyht ne gæþ wære mid welerum || wea biþ in mode siofa synnum fah || sare geblonden gefylled mid facne || þeah he fæger word utan ætywe || ænlice beoþ swa þa beon beraþ || buta ætsomne arlicne anleofan || ond ætterne tægel hafaþ on hindan || hunig on muþe wynsume wist || hwilum wundiaþ sare mid stinge || þonne se sæl cymeþ swa bioþ gelice || þa leasan men þa þe mid tungan || treowa gehataþ fægerum wordum || facenlice þencaþ þonne hie æt nehstan || nearwe beswicaþ hafaþ on gehatum || hunigsmæccas smeþne sybcwide || ond in siofan innan þurh deofles cræft || dyrne wunde swa is nu þes middangeard || mane geblonden wanaþ ond weaxeþ || wacaþ se ealda dweleþ ond drefeþ || dæges ond nihtes miltse mid mane || mægene getryweþ ehteþ æfestra || inwit saweþ niþ mid geneahe || nænig oþerne freoþ in fyrhþe || nimþe feara hwylc þæt he soþlice || sybbe healde gastlice lufe || swa him god bebead forþan eallunga || hyht geceoseþ woruld wynsume || se þe wis ne biþ snottor searocræftig || sawle rædes uton to þam beteran || nu we bot cunnon hycgan ond hyhtan || þæt we heofones leoht uppe mid englum || agan moton gastum to geoce || þonne god wile eorþan lifes || ende gewyrcan