# The Metrical Epilogue to the Pastoral Care

ðis is nu se wæterscipe || ðe us wereda god
to frofre gehet || foldbuendum
he cwæð ðæt he wolde || ðæt on worulde forð
of ðæm innoðum || a libbendu
wætru fleowen || ðe wel on hine
gelifden under lyfte || is hit lytel tweo
ðæt ðæs wæterscipes || welsprynge is
on hefonrice || ðæt is halig gæst
ðonan hine hlodan || halge and gecorene
siððan hine gierdon || ða ðe gode herdon
ðurh halga bec || hider on eorðan
geond manna mod || missenlice
sume hine weriað || on gewitlocan
wisdomes stream || welerum gehæftað
ðæt he on unnyt || ut ne tofloweð
ac se wæl wunað || on weres breostum
ðurh dryhtnes giefe || diop and stille
sume hine lætað || ofer landscare
riðum torinnan || nis ðæt rædlic ðing
gif swa hlutor wæter || hlud and undiop
tofloweð æfter feldum || oð hit to fenne werð
ac hladað iow nu drincan || nu iow dryhten geaf
ðæt iow gregorius || gegiered hafað
to durum iowrum || dryhtnes welle
fylle nu his fætels || se ðe fæstne hider
cylle brohte || cume eft hræðe
gif her ðegna hwelc || ðyrelne cylle
brohte to ðys burnan || bete hine georne
ðy læs he forsceade || scirost wætra
oððe him lifes drync || forloren weorðe