The Metrical Preface to Wærferth's Translation of Gregory's Dialogues
/e ðe me rædan ðance
he in me findan mæg
gif hine feola lysteð
gastlices lifes
godre biesene
ðæt he ful eaðe mæg
upp gestigan
to ðam heofonlican hame
ðar byð a hyht and wyn
blis on burgum
ðam ðe bearn godes
sielfes hiora eagum
geseon motan
ðæt mæg se mon begytan
se ðe his modgeðanc
æltowe byð
and ðonne ðurh his ingehygd
to ðissa haligra
helpe geliefeð
ond hiora bisene fulgað
swa ðeos boc sagað
me awritan het
wulfstan bisceop
ðeow and ðearfa
ðæs ðe alne ðrym aof
and eac walden is
wihta gehwelcre
an ece god
eallra gesceafta
bideð ðe se bisceop
se ðe ðas boc begeat
ðe ðu on ðinum handum nu
hafast and sceawast
ðæt ðu him to ðeossum halgum
helpe bidde
ðe heora gemynd her on
gemearcude siendon
and ðæt him god ællmihtig
forgyu/ ða gyltas
ðe he geo worhte
and eac resðe mid him
se ðe ah ealles rices geweald
and eac swa his beahgifan
ðe him ðas bysene forgeaf
ðæt is se selesða
sinces brytta
ælfryd mid englum
ealra cyninga
ðara ðe he sið oððe ær fore
secgan hyrde
oððe he iorðcyninga ær
ænigne gefrugne