A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Edgar
Title
Verses on King Edgar
Language
Latin
Edited
J. Leland, De rebus Britannicis Collectanea, ed. T. Hearne, 6 vols. (London, 1774) I, 217
Metre
elegiac couplet
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N.Edgar

N.Edgar 1. Autor opum, vindex scelerum, largitor honorum, Autor opum, uindex scelerum, largitor honorum,
N.Edgar 2. Sceptriger Edgarus regna superna petit. Sceptriger Edgarus regna superna petit.
N.Edgar 3. Hic alter Solomon, legum pater, orbita pacis, Hic alter Solomon, legum pater, orbita pacis,
N.Edgar 4. Quod caruit bellis, claruit inde magis. Quod caruit bellis, claruit inde magis.
N.Edgar 5. Templa Deo, templis monachos, monachis dedit agros, Templa Deo, templis monachos, monachis dedit agros,
N.Edgar 6. Nequitiae lapsum iustitiaeque locum. Nequitiae lapsum iustitiaeque locum.
N.Edgar 7. Novit enim regno verum perquiere falso Nouit enim regno uerum perquiere falso
N.Edgar 8. Immensum modico, perpetuumque brevi. Immensum modico, perpetuumque breui.