# The Partridge

hyrde ic secgan gen || bi sumum fugle
wundorlicne || 
 || fæger
ðæt word ðe gecwæð || wuldres ealdor
in swa hwylce tiid || swa ge mid treowe to me
on hyge hweorfað || ond ge hellfirena
sweartra geswicað || swa ic symle to eow
mid siblufan || sona gecyrre
ðurh milde mod || ge beoð me siððan
torhte tireadge || talade ond rimde
beorhte gebroðor || on bearna stæl
uton we ðy geornor || gode oliccan
firene feogan || friðes earnian
duguðe to dryhtne || ðenden us dæg scine
ðæt swa æðelne || eardwica cyst
in wuldres wlite || wunian motan
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