A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Oswald.Vers
Language
Latin
Edited
James Raine, HCY I, Vita Oswaldi archiepiscopi Eboracensis (London, 1879), p. 431-2; PL 139, col. 534; Andreas of Fleury, Vita S. Gauzlini, ed. R.H. Bautier & G. Labory (Paris, 1969), 94-6
Listed
ICL 11013; WIC 12935
Metre
elegiac couplet
MSS
BL, Addit. 10972, f. 47v-48r; BL, Cotton Nero E.1, pt. i, f.; Vat. Reg. Lat. 592, f. 65v
Comments
In VSO the last line is given as: ‘Quos Christus semper saluet honoret amet’
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N.Oswald.Vers

N.Oswald.Vers 1. Vasta palus, piscosa nimis, sua dindima pandit, Vasta palus, piscosa nimis, sua dindima pandit,
N.Oswald.Vers 2. Ut nova sint heremi claustra reperta tibi. Vt noua sint heremi claustra reperta tibi.
N.Oswald.Vers 3. Nam qua coruifere consurgit proditor hydre Nam qua coruifere consurgit proditor hydre
N.Oswald.Vers 4. Insula siluoso gurgite pulchra nitet Insula siluoso gurgite pulchra nitet
N.Oswald.Vers 5. Et qua splendentis se mergunt lora Bootis Et qua splendentis se mergunt lora Bootis
N.Oswald.Vers 6. Pons est inde suis peruius Angligenis. Pons est inde suis peruius Angligenis.
N.Oswald.Vers 7. Qua Cynosura poli fixum regit undique girum, Qua Cynosura poli fixum regit undique girum,
N.Oswald.Vers 8. Anguillosa palus nescit habere modum, Anguillosa palus nescit habere modum,
N.Oswald.Vers 9. Unde refert umbras, uaga lux, Phebea sinistras, Vnde refert umbras, uaga lux, Phebea sinistras,
N.Oswald.Vers 10. Terra patet, nullo continuata uado. Terra patet, nullo continuata uado.
N.Oswald.Vers 11. Huc me sorte dedi ignotis ignotus alumnis Huc me sorte dedi ignotis ignotus alumnis
N.Oswald.Vers 12. Quos Benedicte pater iure tuere pares. Quos Benedicte pater iure tuere pares.