A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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A.3.4 7 e plain is beautiful, blessed with joys, / and with the fairest p
A.3.4 8 iful, blessed with joys, / and with the fairest perfumes of the e
A.3.4 22 rmed. / That noble land blooms with flowers. / There stand there n
A.3.4 27 oms under the clouds blooming with joys. / That bright land and r
A.3.4 38 mmer alike, / the wood is hung with crops; / never a leaf withers
A.3.4 59 ens, nor does the hard frost, / with cold chill icicles batter any
A.3.4 69 s land. Those groves are hung with crops, / beautiful fruits. The
A.3.4 75 den branches on those trees, / with ever-new vegetation / for all
A.3.4 95 work of the father, gleaming with ornaments, / the bright token
A.3.4 113 after playing in the water, / with soaring heart he rises to a h
A.3.4 160 while inhabits the wasteland with them. / Then, strong in flight
A.3.4 162 ht, he heads west, / afflicted with years, flying swift-feathered
A.3.4 207 and feathers, on every side / with sacred perfumes, and the nobl
A.3.4 213 ; the chosen dwelling steams / with sweet odours; then in the hea
A.3.4 214 grasp, / the bird burns along with his nest. / The pyre is kindle
A.3.4 238 / and then after that, adorned with feathers / just as he was in th
A.3.4 248 rost and snow cover the earth with overbearing force, / with wint
A.3.4 249 arth with overbearing force, / with winter-clothing; from those f
A.3.4 263 at often drops at mid-night: / with that the brave one nourishes
A.3.4 271 nants of the flame, / collects with cunning the bones broken afte
A.3.4 274 covers that slaughter-plunder with herbs. Then he is eager to be
A.3.4 285 e surge of flame / had engulfed with fire upon the pyre on the mou
A.3.4 292 of hue at the front, / tinted with various colours at the front
A.3.4 294 ondrously variegated, blended with purple. / Then is the tail bea
A.3.4 333 itings reveal it and carve it with hands in marble, / when the da
A.3.4 338 song, / celebrate the bold one with powerful voices, / and so surr
A.3.4 344 roup after another, / proclaim with skill and announce as their k
A.3.4 366 his life; the pyre covers him / with its burning flame. Yet, wondr
A.3.4 389 points to a great similarity / with those elect thegns of Christ
A.3.4 391 er the heavens a shining joy / with the support of the father in
A.3.4 409 eir children have paid for it with pain, / because the consumed t
A.3.4 430 he forest / in which he builds with the noblest / twigs and plants
A.3.4 450 nt enemies / can cause any harm with poison, / with the sign of enm
A.3.4 451 cause any harm with poison, / with the sign of enmity in that da
A.3.4 453 t for himself / against malice with praiseworthy deeds, / when he
A.3.4 471 r / perform according to will, with courage and strength, / accomp
A.3.4 473 hty / will repay them blessedly with a reward. / From those herbs a
A.3.4 479 day and night love the lord, / with brilliant faith they choose t
A.3.4 482 hus does the blessed man earn with valour eternal joy, / a home i
A.3.4 497 souls across the wide earth / with the trumpet’s sound. / Dark
A.3.4 502 orld burns in shame, / kindled with flame. Every single one will
A.3.4 530 are the noble, / lovely herbs with which the wild bird / surround
A.3.4 533 under the sun, and he himself with it, / and then after the fire
A.3.4 543 glory, / beautifully bedecked with herbs with their good deeds.
A.3.4 560 fter resurrection, / pleasures with the lord, where that dear hos
A.3.4 584 / souls journey together along with bodies, / fairly adorned, most
A.3.4 586 adorned, most like the bird, / with noble perfumes, in blessednes
A.3.4 595 iend / cannot harm them evilly with wickedness, / but they live th
A.3.4 603 ht circlet, wondrously woven / with precious stones, towers over
A.3.4 605 Their crowns gleam, / wrapped with power. A prince’s diadem / f
A.3.4 610 in beauty, wrapped in glory, / with fair adornments alongside the
A.3.4 618 e beloved company make melody with the greatest of sounds, / clea
A.3.4 621 ce, / blessed among the angels with harmony of voice as follows:
A.3.4 622 oice as follows: / ‘Peace be with you, true God, and strength o
A.3.4 628 mighty, / power of all powers, with your glory, / above with the a
A.3.4 629 wers, with your glory, / above with the angels and also on earth.
A.3.4 653 e bird fills his two feathers with sweet and joyous herbs, / with
A.3.4 654 with sweet and joyous herbs, / with the fair fruits of the earth,
A.3.4 666 of the mighty power, / wrapped with glory in that beautiful city.
A.3.4 676 hout end / and sing his praise with continuous acclaim, / blessed
A.4.2 9 magnificent banquet / prepared with all extravagances. The leader
A.4.2 11 lied, / those shield-fighters, with the greatest promptness, / and
A.4.2 31 us, / his entire staff drowned with drink, just as if they were s
A.4.2 36 essed young woman be fetched / with all haste, laden with rings,
A.4.2 59 would sully the radiant lady / with filth and defilement. The jud
A.4.2 62 t then in extravagant spirits with a band of men / to visit his b
A.4.2 71 in great haste, / men glutted with wine, who had led / the faith-
A.4.2 78 e. The Creator’s handmaid, / with hair tied up, took a sharp sw
A.4.2 80 and drew it from the sheath / with her right hand; she began the
A.4.2 88 mournful, / heavily oppressed with cares. Grant me, heaven’s r
A.4.2 89 ctory and true faith, so that with this sword I may be permitted
A.4.2 94 ts so bitterly in my breast, / with such heat in my heart.” The
A.4.2 95 e highest judge / inspired her with courage, as he does every / ea
A.4.2 96 sojourner who seeks his help with good judgment / and with true
A.4.2 97 help with good judgment / and with true belief. Then her spirits
A.4.2 100 scalp, pulled him toward her / with her hands, insultingly, and c
A.4.2 103 uld most easily have her way / with the wretch. The bound-haired
A.4.2 105 orous, destructive adversary / with a decorated sword, so that sh
A.4.2 171 r in. / Then the sage, adorned with gold, / directed her conscient
A.4.2 185 , so that he could plague us / with injuries. I drove the life ou
A.4.2 195 rals, their doomed captains, / with decorated swords. Our enemies
A.4.2 210 them flew / the ravenous eagle with rain-flecked plumage; / dusky-
A.4.2 214 ched to battle, covered over / with curved shields of linden, who
A.4.2 227 people, / marched firm of mind with fortified resolve, / ungently
A.4.2 229 t, mead-wearied / adversaries. With their hands the fighters / dre
A.4.2 241 ew men were confronting them / with powerful sword-strokes. They
A.4.2 263 the Hebrews, fought heatedly / with hard battle-weapons, fiercely
A.4.2 265 ppression, their old enmity, / with inlaid swords. In that day’
A.4.2 269 ent emboldened by necessity, / with darkening expectations. All t
A.4.2 271 / and to make gnashing sounds with their teeth, / void of God, su
A.4.2 276 confident enough for it that, with steeled will, / he ventured in
A.4.2 286 inent destruction, / signified with violence that it is drawn nea
A.4.2 303 through the host of enemies / with inlaid swords, hacked at the
A.4.2 321 he people, / put them to sleep with swords. They rested on the gr
A.4.2 328 ats, / men’s war gear chased with gold, / more heirlooms than an
A.4.2 336 from that foray, / men skilled with ash-spears, Holofernes’s sw
A.4.2 338 broad coat of mail, / trimmed with red gold, and everything that
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 2 o that you may receive repose with the eternal King, / and seek t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 3 / and seek the citadels above with shining merits. / Gladly remem
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 10 s bright among all the saints with wondrous light / You, now worsh
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 11 ou, now worshipping God above with body, mind, and hand, / and al
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 22 ly rest always without end / with blessed good fortune in Chris
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 2 8 ow to curb / his wanton senses with his mind, despising the Thund
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 2 e, / Eanmund the pious, allied with the friends of Christ; / he we
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 6 le blood, / and was celebrated with the most high honour among pe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 10 and cleanses the minds of men with thorns removed. / He abandoned
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 3 11 r-life, having become devoted with great love, / and served throu
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 12 which the chaste-hearted fill with heavenly deeds, / and shine fo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 15 edified very many, indeed all with holy words, / and as their she
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 18 y, / that a holy angel, coming with joy from heaven, should deign
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 20 nts safe: how that wild wolf / with no sad heart tears with a gre
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 23 of light, / decked all around with virtues worthy of the Lord .
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 4 24 leader, instructing his flock with these words, had taught them,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 3 to makes ripples on the shore with grey streams, / but strive to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 9 e seed of the divine harvest. With his ready mind the priest / sp
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 5 12 rsty man. / He gladly drank in with his ears what the other sent
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 4 to instruct the monks rightly with documents, / and to sanctify f
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 9 d / [the messenger] as he left with words, and also enriched him
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 14 take care to pass your time / with unobstructed feet, and likewi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 17 . / I confess that I never saw with the eyes of flesh / the estates
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 20 e, / a hill that is not great, with a path sweeping down, / where
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 22 / and thorny thickets crown it with dense growth. / Brother, take
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 23 they have been cut these down with scythes, / together with all th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 24 e down with scythes, / together with all their seed from the ridge
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 32 eading it over on the outside with sheets of lead, / With all his
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 33 outside with sheets of lead, / With all his powers took care to r
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 48 lse): / behold, wrath, rushing with rabid strength / and dashing a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 49 er frequently, and blended in with the bristling thorns, / an evi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 61 e / to the lofty Thunderer and with their hands stretched out to
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 64 on the confines of the shrine / with innumerable prayers, which th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 67 hing? Heavenly ministers come with light / out of heaven, and car
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 2 / the Father Eanumund rejoiced with great joy in his happy heart,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 4 strove to instruct his people with perfect words / so that they m
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 12 he marble floor of the church with his knees, / endured cold in t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 7 21 t mingled by way of adornment with various colours, / the Virgin
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 5 ce, / and he could adorn books with decorative script, / and in th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 12 y when he entered and mingled with the holy throngs, / and shrewd
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 30 hed and settled on the cloths with their claws. / Their awe-inspir
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 31 ir awe-inspiring backs shone, with various colours / equally ming
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 32 ing in them. Modulating songs with their beaks, / they sang toget
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 34 veiled the holy man’s skull with their wings. / In this way the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 37 es, and to pour forth songs / with very lovely music, until sunl
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 45 he tomb the father’s arm , / with which he once deserved to dec
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 46 ds, / so that by making a sign with it I can avoid the current da
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 52 bone, when placed in contact with the dying man’s head, preve
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 54 ghtaway he rose up, fortified with such great power, / so that wh
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 60 hen the musical birds mingled with the high clouds, / and disappe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 62 ght for all time. / Meanwhile, with songs the remains were hidden
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 9 3 rous gifts: the altars smoked with magnificent gifts, / and they
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 1 rew strong. / / # / Let me recall with wondrous tales a brother, who
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 6 s care. / God endowed this man with the grace of his merits in li
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 7 merits in life, / and redeemed with great honour the man famed am
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 9 keep the teachings of Christ with all his powers, / with body, m
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 10 Christ with all his powers, / with body, mind, and hand, togethe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 12 in he once sought for himself with his hands, / he now eagerly di
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 20 rom beating the marble floor / with his limbs, as he diligently c
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 21 / And the brothers came again, with the light of the sun, / and de
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 22 to commend themselves to God with plentiful prayers. / This man
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 23 sidered it sweet to be joined with holy bands / and say the psalms
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 33 hoir came from heaven shining with light / and hastened to visit t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 37 of the sun, / and flying along with the choir it entered the cita
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 10 43 receive eternal rest, mingled with chaste companies. / / # / There w
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 11 suddenly men appeared to him / with shining faces, and they were
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 19 ended knees that he entreated with proper piety / to grant him fo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 30 ment. / But the wife’s sons, with the fearful husband accompany
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 32 How very bright-white it was, with lofty walls heading for the s
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 34 ried wife. / The father entered with his sons in white accompanyin
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 38 ildren drenched / their cheeks with tears; they lamented their mo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 41 om the highest seat, flashing with shining light, / her whole bod
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 42 ight, / her whole body covered with gold-decked robes, / the woman
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 46 rried, / besmirching your limbs with a second marriage? / Both of u
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 47 an agreement and confirmed it with our hands , / before the day o
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 50 h.’ / The husband was silent with the uncomprehending face of t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 52 / and drenched his whole face with tears. / But she repeated hers
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 60 ve to discharge his sins.’ / With her mind made lenient, their
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 11 68 arned to live again in Christ with keen intelligence, / and being
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 12 7 the roof of the church, / and with immeasurable weeping and afte
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 19 ubmitted to dreadful battles, with faithful people fighting. / Ch
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 13 27 er, encouraging his followers with his words, / so that the pious
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 2 igbald. / He enriched the cell with many endowments, / and in zeal
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 6 here is an altar, that shines with very lovely painted panels, / i
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 7 co, and the holy men crown it with foliage / when they enclose in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 10 ho adorn the height of heaven with modulating melody. / Moreover,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 19 lden chalice, gleams, covered with gems, / and shines on high, st
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 24 the delight of the brothers, with their clappers ringing on hol
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 25 es. / When Sigbald, the priest with pure mind, was preparing / to e
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 14 38 nd: / and he charmed the monks with prayers to celebrate / solemn
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 20 the cultivated crops piled up with plentiful shoots, / and all ki
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 31 al father to the altar-table / with harmonious song; at that time
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 15 34 g reverberate, they filled it with booming song. / / # / At that tim
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 6 desires to know these things with a wise mind, / let him dash th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 13 f the holy man, / and unseeing with his eyes, he saw from his wis
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 16 15 eyes of the flesh, understood with the eyes of the mind. / Moreov
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 15 st, / he sang hymns and psalms with repeated harmony. / Keeping vi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 17 he lowest part of the sky, as with a chaste heart / he ran throug
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 22 / arising again he observed it with the customary hymns. / And whe
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 25 unded the floor of the chapel with bended knees, / and well adorn
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 26 iness he offered on the altar with sacred songs / that which rele
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 28 sh to let any day pass except with a splendid offering, / with wh
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 18 29 pt with a splendid offering, / with which to adorn it and being p
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 5 n of faith, and embraced him / with his whole heart, and placed h
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 19 13 unded the floor of the church with his knees as a suppliant. / Ni
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 1 ithout end . / / # / Lord adorned with honour this cell of brothers.
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 21 alms and hymns. / They glorify with their voices in frequent song
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 23 e walls of the cell, / adorned with gifts and many goods. / This i
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 24 ds. / This is that lofty house with extensive walls, / which the b
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 29 e. / As the whole sky sparkles with shining stars, / so torches ha
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 49 uls of the saints shine along with their dwellings on high. / It
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 51 ade. Let that poet adorn them with praise, / who could learnedly s
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 55 t surfaces fittingly engraved with figures. / While the inner rec
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 59 glorify the one who gave them with eternal praise. / / # / You also,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 11 the stars. / Behold, suddenly, with wondrous singing, there came
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 13 it filled the place of ashes with a very wondrous light. / The s
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 14 the shrine, which was shining with starry light, / and, divided i
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 26 o consider the amazing vision with ears and eyes. / The singing,
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 27 and eyes. / The singing, along with the light ceaselessly struck
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 28 d to see such things any more with our sight, / but in fact we we
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 30 those hosts resound once more with heavenly words, / but instead
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 31 ut instead in fact the troop, with their golden voices and shini
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 32 ir golden voices and shining / with marvellous light, endeavoured
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 21 36 now always / burns in all lands with abundant light. / / # / It was th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 6 in shining clothes, / radiant with a beautiful face, / and of my
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 10 , / who could see these things with their eyes, being worthy by t
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 13 red mind / shrinks from naming with certainty, since I am unaware
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 21 ior of the building glistened with exceeding brightness, / since
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 28 nding the temple on all sides with their shining facades, / were
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 34 htly. / Golden plating gleamed with tawny gems. / While I was gazi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 42 s / a throne, properly shining with gold-painted panels, / on whic
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 45 dedicated to God decked out / with golden garlands offered up th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 47 lofty cross. / This glittered with ruddy gold and splendid gems
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 60 s. / He had been a priest, who with head bent in prayer, / was see
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 62 on / the holy tomb of Cuthbert with body and mind. / Behind him th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 64 re sat on a stool that shone / with bright metal, the blessed tea
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 66 n white robes. / He blessed me with his splendid hands. Eadfrith
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 73 urning, / honouring the altars with flaming gifts. / Going on, we
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 75 / That shining portico gleamed with great distinction. / Here, gli
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 76 istinction. / Here, glittering with gold there blazed a wondrous
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 78 ghest God. / Here sapphire set with beryl in front had crafted an
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 81 When I recognised him, bright with wondrous light, / I trembled w
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 83 aised his hand and blessed me with his words, as I left. / From th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 86 e, very many vessels sparkled with wondrous gems, / and others in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 87 / and others in gold glistened with shimmering light, / and in the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 90 ng these, a table replenished with various forms of sustenance /
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 93 mined crystal, / and drew off with his hands the gift of venerab
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 22 94 ble liquid, / which he blessed with pious prayers, as he served a
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 2 / from a simple heart, seeking with body and mind / that the saint
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 4 unworthy, / and may ask pardon with their prayers for the one in
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 8 that they embrace pure faith with body and mind. / May almighty
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 12 se to serve, when this is not with flaws. / And you, father, as y
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 17 oo, I pray, to commend me now with plentiful prayers to the Lord
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 18 to the Lord, / and beseech him with body and mind, / that he, the
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 21 at he may not fail in piety, / with whom may glory, power, virtue
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 2 building-blocks of the world / with only the Godhead of the Word,
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 3 embarks on novelties, so that with favourable assent I may be ab
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 4 he verses to familiar usages, with play on letters, / celebrate in
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 7 n of his virtues, / embellished with the name of ‘the Old Protec
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 8 the stars of soaring Olympus with fiery brightness / spread light
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 12 up the earth, dark from cold, with the heat of the hearth, / pour
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 13 ght from the height of heaven with saffron lightning. / Titan tre
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 14 on lightning. / Titan trembles with blazing torches / spreading li
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 17 oebe also assists her brother with burning heat, / illuminating w
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 18 h burning heat, / illuminating with the cusps of her crescent moo
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 19 as she roams the night, black with wispy clouds; / both luminarie
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 24 muddy from liquid moisture, / with the burning javelin of a blaz
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 30 e glorious companies, / adorned with ruddy pure gold, just as the
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 35 fully furnished sufficiently with sublime refinements, / as ligh
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 2 sp in the chamber of my heart with the bond of love. / Greeting
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 4 st saintly intimate, / saluted with the suppliant words of Æthil
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 10 ked on it I shall speak a bit with fearful delight. / You were s
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 12 well-born mother, and endowed with stature, / very steady in state
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 18 e hills, / depicted delicately with colouring crimson and snow-wh
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 19 radiating greatly like a rose with ruddy flowers; / your ears hea
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 26 yone should cry out and speak with a hundred tongues / growling po
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 27 d tongues / growling powerfully with an iron voice, shouting with
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 32 on I do not relate or recount with any kind of praise / what is cl
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 8 n its rabid maw / and gnaws it with its greedy mouth, / while my b
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 10 s the one I earnestly beseech with prayers, with streaming tears
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 14 e stumbling, strongly helping with his hand; / may he by kindly ai
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 16 way the missiles of enemies, / with which foes penetrate the brea
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 17 warriors’ helmets are hewn with loathsome blows / (the killers
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 22 way the sharpest spear-points with his shield, / protecting from
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 5 ellifluous hexameter verses, / with the screaming point of his re
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 7 he mass of the earth, reeling with teetering revolutions, / scarc
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 14 Lord and girds the shoulders with a triple-layered breastplate.
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 15 ust so, the spears of tyranny with which it attacks viciously, / a
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 21 But you, famous men, striving with strenuous might, / you have bea
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 22 have beaten the brutal enemy with a heavenly trophy of war, / you
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 25 / Nor did the raging swirls, with wave-sounding crashings / of th
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 26 welling sea battling the land with terror, / nor by raiders massin
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 27 error, / nor by raiders massing with inborn malice / of murderous l
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 30 kless wastes, / nor did beasts, with the shuddering maws of a wild
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 36 n an amnesty / from the Godhead with the aid of Peter’s interces
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 38 two indeed in a worldly way) / with the cohesive bond of brotherh
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 50 ges of their rewards, / set out with nimble courses for the homela
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 51 fleeting flotsam of the world with its luxury, / but because they
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 53 fferings of spiritual gifts, / with which a garden bed of souls,
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 55 volumes / composed laboriously with many kinds of mystic rules, / f
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 60 h they started to bring forth with great haste in a marvelous gi
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 70 spawned offspring burgeoning with fleeciness. / The wool of the
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 73 is twisted thread by thread, with great grindings / of a spindle
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 74 ich turns as if it is twisted with bristles.’ / From there, th
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 77 ain / of Paradise is empurpled with scarlet roses / among which are
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 80 robes, / beautifully decked out with snow-white and saffron colour
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 81 d saffron colouring; / stained with green, golden, florid, and bl
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 88 mages of the mother of Christ with gilded heads. / And as they b
AETHILVVALD.Wihtfrith.Octo 92 you who are to end your life with blessed ends!
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 5 t, / moistening a simple heart with the waters of life / so that m
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 14 rom the shadows and / lead you with him into the hall of God the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 15 hall of God the Father. / Walk with me, compose this poem / with y
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 16 k with me, compose this poem / with your prayers, since my mind h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 29 e sea, / might secure his ship with its long rope. / Thee fish-lad
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 30 ee fish-laden Ouse washes her with its waters, / stretching out f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 32 ryside all around is gorgeous with hills and woods, / a beautiful
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 38 a home. / After the Roman band with their empire rocked on all si
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 42 by almost continuous battles with the Picts, / devastated, she u
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 44 could she defend the homeland with her own shields / or summon ba
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 45 their forefathers’ liberty with swords. / There is an ancient r
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 49 s leaders to induce this race with gifts / so that they would he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 52 ickle mob immediately agreed / with loud shouting and approved of
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 54 end gifts to an unknown race, with which to achieve / to striking
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 59 r, they double their promises / with tears, seeing that it was the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 86 , / he furrowed heathen hearts with the plough of the divine word
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 87 word, / drenching dry meadows with honey-flowing streams, / with
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 88 with honey-flowing streams, / with which the sea-girt Britons, d
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 95 a certain time he was alone, / with a heart burdened with cares,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 114 is ancestral cities, received with favour by the people and the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 122 ders and territories. / And now with bended neck there came under
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 124 , and the British. / Meanwhile, with wars subdued on all sides, an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 126 nt-seat, / curbing his peoples with the strong reins of justice. /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 133 r ancestral descent, / blessed with all the virtues of the holy f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 145 ain day, approaching the king with a constant heart, / he recalle
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 157 shop, rejoicing, answered him with a ready word: / ‘First let th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 170 st to defile the lofty shrine with a spear! / Once you were a teac
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 172 d to these words, and replied with a few words of his own: / ‘Th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 174 arkness has cloaked my spirit with shades of doubt; / from now on
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 178 words, he snatched up a spear with a threatening right hand, / an
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 181 ar as its erect neck swelled. / With chest puffed up, its swift ho
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 183 e the fearsome Parthian seems with bow curved: / or the nimble Mo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 189 / he fulfilled a virtuous deed with faithful piety. / Soon the whol
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 195 decided to be baptised along with his people / also under the lo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 200 dren and nobles likewise, and with the people in tow, / in the el
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 214 thousands to Christ. / Shining with the flames of faith and the f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 217 , / and dispensed his own laws with just moderation. / He enticed f
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 218 nticed folk to keep the faith with gifts and threats, / and estab
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 221 olumns, / stands spectacularly with a lofty beauty, splendid. / In
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 222 t location Edwin was baptised with holy water, / and for as long
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 230 y wicked fates, / always moving with every hour! / Behold: after he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 239 hat was ravaging the homeland with iron and burning it with fire
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 242 terrified by any number, / and with unwavering heart he addressed
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 245 cible powers in your hearts; / with prayers and a pious heart ask
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 254 bursting in on the enemy camp with bloody slaughter. / Just as th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 255 Just as the cruel lion, along with its cubs, devastates the shee
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 275 churches and decked them out with splendid gifts, / providing pr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 277 rvices. / He arrayed the altars with silver, gems, and gold,, / spr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 285 tever he owned, / being lavish with his treasures, in honour of t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 286 e Lord. / As a result he shone with the marks of virtues, / and be
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 290 / and mention elements of them with the dashing pen of song. / For
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 292 brated the Easter festivities with the king and his people; / for
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 295 / pestering the king for alms with frequent crise. / Both the kin
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 298 h of very great weight / along with the food upon it should strai
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 309 that it would be incorrupt, / with supple sinews, fresh flesh, a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 317 d to gnash its teeth and foam with a bloody mouth, and, / falling
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 334 ed her hair, covered her head with a veil / and then swiftly foll
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 338 more pleasant / and more lush with green grass than the whole fi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 341 a piece of cloth and took it with him. / Growing weary, he came t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 345 guest, / and he hung the cloth with the dust on a high beam. / It h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 347 y snatched at / the high roof with flickering flames. Nor by any
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 354 / that the dust had been mixed with King Oswald’s sacred blood
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 361 ed building and re-inter them with proper honour. / After the bone
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 373 tomb / prepared they bore them with great honour under the roof o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 380 e rest. / A certain boy lay ill with fever for a long time, / in th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 386 swiftly back home, / hastening with healed body and happy heart,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 389 d king Offa adorned the tomb / with silver, gems, gold, and much
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 392 eed, there shines forth famed with celestial miracles the earth
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 398 returning home, she had taken with her some dust from the earth
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 403 oar, / filling the broad lands with horrible screams, / raging and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 404 , / raging and tearing himself with unspeakable bites. / And when n
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 405 en no one could constrain him with chains / or contain the wretch
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 409 raging man, / ordered the box with holy dust to be fetched. / And
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 417 empty air.’ / All were amazed with stunned speech here and there
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 422 casket and touched this porch with her feet, straightaway the de
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 424 far off, / as the shadows flee with the coming of day.’ / He was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 425 f that holy dust to bear away with him / and afterwards such torm
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 446 he swelling burned, / he wept, with repeated sighs from his weary
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 457 the ocean, and Germany shone with them / and populous Ireland als
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 461 terrible plague / was ravaging with widespread damage the peoples
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 466 come, he began to be anxious with great dread / about what his s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 474 t the deadly depths / await me with flames. My every resolve from
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 498 lebrated the lord’s servant with great . / Saint Oswald ruled t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 511 ddition, he endured conflicts with his own relatives, / who with
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 512 with his own relatives, / who with a cruel hand tore at the inna
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 513 / covering wicked right hands with the blood of kin, / and not he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 523 ber of divisions . / And coming with this force to lay waste and o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 525 d. / Just as a torrent, swollen with storms from the high mountain
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 532 ect himself and his followers with the weapons of Christ, / himse
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 534 ed / against such a great army with an unflinching heart / but wit
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 535 ith an unflinching heart / but with limited company, and he firs
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 536 voked / the Godhead of Olympus with tears, and prayers, and a con
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 547 aching the fleeing formations with dreadful shouting. / Weapons ra
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 548 readful shouting. / Weapons ran with gore, springs were exchanged
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 565 swiu subdued very many realms with uninterrupted victories, / nob
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 568 ere and there, / crushing some with terror, forcing others with t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 570 realms. / He was also most just with impartial laws, / invincible i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 574 / he died blessed by peace and with everything in order, / handing
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 579 whom Almighty God, had filled with heavenly light, / so that he m
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 584 e in Christ, / and were filled with the shining light of life. / N
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 598 e water of baptism, / a breeze with a calm shower settled on the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 611 watering their parched hearts with heavenly dew, / he filled thei
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 612 filled their celebrated barns with celestial crops, / and he was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 617 he pain grew strong, / he came with an exhausted body towards his
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 620 of breath, / unable to speak, with frozen limbs benumbed, / he sc
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 621 ly brought forth chilly sighs with feeble grasps. / His pupils and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 631 excessively snow-white garb, / with a fiery face, and predicted t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 635 other Mary, / who has listened with open ears to your companions
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 652 d filling uncultivated places with fruitful greenery, / he watere
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 653 he watered the thirsty fields with eternal fountains; / and instr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 656 ispersing the shades of error with serene light. / There is a plac
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 678 that place shines to this day with brilliant signs, / since the t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 682 to have been performed / along with brilliant deeds at the place
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 695 mfort one dwelling in heaven / with earthly bread, he rightly des
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 696 forted him when he was frozen with their fur and breath / how he r
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 711 ld, / and drove the birds away with only a word; / how the sea as w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 713 icted very many future things with a truthful mouth / about himse
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 718 ain girl he anointed himself / with chrism, from an ailment in th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 720 a certain sick man when mixed with water; / or how when as a trave
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 728 attendants who was afflicted with the wasting of loose bowels; /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 730 th, / his body was found whole with all its robes; / how someone po
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 735 that illness; / and how a man with an eye-ailment touched the pr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 737 ight went away. / A certain man with a limp body put on the father
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 738 er’s shoes / and walked away with healthy steps. / How invalids a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 748 f Phoebus, / but I should pray with all my heart for your assista
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 755 ecame far nobler by remaining with chaste mind. / For although she
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 762 / Both of them, burning inside with holy fires of faith, / remaine
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 767 it was found uncorrupted, and with all clothes intact. / Her whole
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 769 w; / her holy face was shining with ruddy charm, / and, what is ri
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 794 ored to life, and grew strong with restored strength, / and, bind
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 796 himself, he began / to set off with weary step but was captured b
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 806 While the enemy observed this with baffled minds, / thinking that
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 813 said: ‘But I have a brother with a devout heart, / and I know t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 823 / and he too tried to bind him with cruel chains. / But he could n
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 828 fer up the gifts of the mass / with a pious heart. When his maste
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 837 ctorious wars right up until, with savage intent, / after sending
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 839 he ordered them / to devastate with cruel slaughter the innocent
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 845 years / of his life, a scholar with mighty eloquence, / piercing i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 848 s the venerable bishop Bosa, / with merits of equal worth to the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 850 whom divine grace had adorned with sacred garlands of virtues, / a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 851 virtues, / and made resplendent with many gifts. / And for that reas
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 863 pus: / administering every hour with alternating duties: / which wou
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 873 .† / After that pious bishop, with his mighty virtues, / had comp
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 884 ed / his own home and his life with righteous moderation. / Later h
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 885 ation. / Later he was afflicted with a terrible disease of the fle
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 901 / and he followed monastic law with a devout heart, / and there he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 902 nd there he subdued his flesh with so great a burden / that from
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 910 ss, / one side burned horribly with raging flames / and the other
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 912 / It was filled here and there with the souls of men, / who, when
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 922 w that every place was filled with darkness, / and as we entered
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 934 ip of every flame was filled / with the wretched spirits of men w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 935 cended and likewise fell back with the flames, / and an extensive
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 944 ing souls towards punishment / with whom they descended to the bo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 946 e wicked demons / ascended and with flaming eyes surrounded me, /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 949 hs and threatened to grab me / with fiery tongs. They could not e
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 956 was my guide, coming suddenly with light, / and at his coming the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 961 d it seemed so long and high, with no end to it, / that there see
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 977 so outshone the previous one with excessive brightness, / for th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 980 rs also resounded there, / and with the light there was a fragran
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 988 You have seen a valley filled with flames and ice, / in which sou
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 999 hich there is a place shining with excessive light, / also full o
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1017 ples / of how to live; shining with the torch of teaching, / and i
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1021 life of moderation / sparkling with brilliant piety right up to t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1027 of his race, / and adorned it with the merits and manners of his
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1045 ollowed his example, / burning with excessive ardour for the fait
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1055 grabbed them and killed them with a cruel death: / for they strai
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1056 ghtaway cut down the fair one with a bloody sword / but practiced
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1071 same places / and were buried with the honour due to holy martyr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1089 e heart streams of learning, / with which he watered living meado
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1090 our of virtue accompanied him with clear signs, / a few of which I
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1093 cting a holy fast / in company with worthy men, he sought out a s
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1103 scabs, / the skin stood coated with sores instead of hair. / The pi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1111 er’s command: / and speaking with a ready mouth, he broke his t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1112 nd the utterly mute man spoke with effusive speech. / For the whol
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1116 oughts of his mind. / And along with his voice his skin was now re
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1140 r many days, / lying afflicted with pain for forty nights, / cold,
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1145 shop had sent blessed water, / with which he had previously conse
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1148 / and her sickness disappeared with the healing draft. / The power
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1151 from the bed, unscathed, / and with renewed strength, she bore a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1153 iduously minsters to all / and, with her husband, she rendered tha
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1159 arcely repeating chilly sighs with a faint gasp. / The nobleman [g
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1176 at he wanted to drink and eat with them. / He sat down, rejoicing
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1180 s taking a trip on horseback / with his clergy over a certain lev
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1189 e middle of the plain, / level with the sand and covered under th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1194 ss, / and he was about to die, with his body motionless. / Then it
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1204 ay, rejoicing and travelling, with the dear bishop. / This John, t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1208 ng from their very beginnings with unhesitating faith / in a hist
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1212 , / and sought out a monastery with devout heart, / and in that pl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1222 he added very many ornaments with beautiful inscriptions / to th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1223 hurch; he made silver vessels with gleaming decor / rightly fitti
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1225 overed the altars and crosses with gilded plates of silver: / and
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1229 k, / he adorned other churches with rich gifts, / nor did he take
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1257 ibuting treasures to the poor with devout heart, / and what lost
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1267 ouses of God. / He dressed them with silver, gems, and gold, / hang
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1268 ld, / hanging silken coverings with foreign figures, / and he hims
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1271 ed orders. / He had others sing with David’s reed / to sound out
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1292 nd attended to sacred studies with his whole heart. / When he was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1298 e that blessed man was buried with fitting honour. / After a long
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1302 d he adorned his tender years with much-famed manners. / For as a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1304 learning or writing, working with energetic intent, / and in thi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1309 e art of metre. / He also wrote with marvellous precision a volume
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1321 place for you / in our verse; with a calm mind, now guard / and g
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1332 ng them as a blessed warrior / with the weapons of the Cross, the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1338 man’s soul, which trembled with excessive fear. / There soon fo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1339 re soon followed, threatening with great horror, a throng / of th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1340 wanting to torture the wretch with various punishments. / But that
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1342 her snatched it to his bosom / with a gentle embrace and immediat
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1344 lied: I was once a deacon but with wicked intent / I only embrace
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1347 indeed wild enemies pursue me with harsh attacks / for thirty day
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1357 arry [this soul] down to hell with you today!’ / Then the pious
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1361 holy prayers, / before he saw with his own eyes that the soul / w
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1369 ws / and walked over the water with dry feet, / and as if he were
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1391 he might have celestial ones with God the king. / By devoutly lea
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1393 predicted many things to come with a prophetic mind. / My muse for
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1407 more his mind lowered itself with humble piety. / May it please
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1408 young men of York, to proceed with me / a little further on this
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1432 ere he watered thirsty hearts with diverse streams / of learning
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1436 . / He took care to polish some with the whetstone of lawful speak
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1439 n over the peaks of Parnassus with lyric steps. / Yet others the a
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1457 oks and studies to bring back with him. / He also came devoutly to
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1462 ghty kings wished to keep him with them / so that, dripping with
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1463 with them / so that, dripping with divine dew, he might water th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1473 ection, / and he provided them with the nourishment of the sacred
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1474 unger should not afflict them with any pang . / Those wandering fr
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1478 red gentle speech / he pursued with the terrors and scourges of t
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1488 meanwhile he added ornaments with varied embellishment / to the
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1492 a great altar / and covered it with silver, jewels, and likewise
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1496 ich held three great vessels, with nine tiers. / And at the altar
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1498 s / and he covered it entirely with very precious metals. / Everyth
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1499 ing was very large, and built with a beautiful design, / correspo
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1502 ther altar and decked it out / with unalloyed silver and precious
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1511 curving arches, shone / inside with outstanding panelled ceilings
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1513 ining very many upper stories with different ceilings, / and has
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1514 lings, / and has thirty altars with different ornamentation. / On
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1517 niously focussing on the task with devoted intent. / However, alon
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1560 / who wrote very many volumes with clear meaning. / But for their
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1564 o the end of his life, filled with merits, and mature in years. /
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1571 s, / as you hasten to harbour, with a following wind in your sail
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1578 erless orphans, / weighed down with tears, exile, and harsh diffi
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1597 hile I wanted to end you here with a clear finish, my muse [Thal
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1604 the time of my life as a boy with his advice. / One night he was
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1605 night he was alone persisting with his customary prayers, / in th
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1608 lled that building / and along with the light there came a man in
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1609 shining of face and splendid, with handsome bearing. / And he rais
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1610 ome bearing. / And he raised up with gentle words the young man wh
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1611 oung man who had fallen down / with excessive terror and he showe
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1617 sick for a long time, and lay with death in the balance, / drawin
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1627 aces, / and wanted to keep him with them utterly and always, / but
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1641 and began to convey his soul with feeble breath, / one of the br
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 2 riest, / because my heart glows with true love, / as I pass over in
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 5 lthough my speech, screeching with harsh babble, / is not up to hi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 9 at you generously accept them with a kindly mind, / and request pa
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord P 24 treasures, / but my heart, hot with true love. / / # Vita metrica S.
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 2 an powerful in virtue, filled with divine love, / shrewd in tongue
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 6 learned Ireland nourished him with her sacred studies. / He was na
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 13 fields / in every single place with heavenly dew; / he also support
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 1 14 supported God’s servant him with fine aid. / / # / Then that man,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 2 2 m Christ the Light, / travelled with pious steps throughout every
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 3 2 h of Christ / was growing along with the venerable gift of faith, /
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 8 t by the leader of the Franks with a generous gift. / At all costs
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 9 costs, remember to treat him with a gracious mind, / and soon you
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 4 10 ll consecrate him as a bishop with the highest honour. / Let him a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 2 nd treated the servant of God with a kindly mind. / He readily com
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 4 / he consecrated him as bishop with great honour; / he ordered him
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 5 7 ed for himself, / providing him with very many gifts of pious sain
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 4 e rivers of salvation flowing with honey, / and these the splendid
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 6 l, / watering the hearts of all with the heavenly dew of Christ, / a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 8 pious priest came by chance, / with God’s help he plucked the p
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 6 9 ic faith, until he had filled with the knowledge of God / the citi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 5 f eternal salvation was open, with Christ / making it accessible,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 8 7 ywhere he encouraged everyone / with pious advice; and when Pepin
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 10 3 the holy man had first filled with the nourishing gifts of faith
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 7 fe, / to offer baptism, to feed with the bread of heaven, / lest the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 11 8 ple go away from them starved with hungry , / but that Christ migh
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 4 he travelled round the sheep with watchful protection, / in order
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 12 5 increase Christ’s sheepfold with deserved names, / and wherever
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 13 3 ch briefly on certain details with a hastening plectrum, / and att
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 3 ol, seeing this, was inflamed with anger, / and he struck the bish
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 14 4 he struck the bishop’s head with a sharp sword; / but the blesse
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 15 6 he also increased the offence with dreadful deeds. / He turned the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 16 12 companions drank, and carried with them / as much as the path they
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 5 also entered the store-room, with a few companions, , / in which
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 7 servant of Christ blessed it with the splendid staff / which the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 18 11 ase / until the barrel was full with nectar flowing with honey. / He
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 3 bishop was accustomed / to stay with him when he came into those p
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 8 hich the boys usually carried with them. / to various places, and
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 19 11 ng of Christ will, / I believe, with kindly mercy increase the win
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 2 esiring to water broad fields with heavenly showers. / The pious p
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 4 ch man / to rest a little while with his weary companions. / That ma
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 6 the pious priest spoke to him with soothing speech, / “I ask you
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 9 st at our banquets, / and drink with us, and let us always be frie
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 10 he rich man proudly responded with a furious mind, / “I do not w
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 11 r banquets; I refuse to drink with you.” / The bishop straightaw
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 13 If you do not want to drink with me, then please simply do not
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 16 suddenly, thirst inflamed him with overwhelming heat, / and he fur
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 20 cchus, and he burned all over with breathless flames. / Nor could
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 20 28 d offered him a drink himself with his own hand, / and he was soon
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 1 is an ancient city well-armed with walls thick with towers, / Trie
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 2 er, and it is also surrounded with holy religious houses, / in whi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 4 ep watch / as one day and night with praises of the Lord. / Among th
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 21 11 Christ, and they summoned him / with tears to help quite quickly t
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 3 d a dread spirit tormented it with various terrors, / and not only
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 4 various terrors, / and not only with an empty illusion, / but it als
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 5 but it also caused great harm with publicly visible deeds.. / Many
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 22 21 le beloved house will rejoice with you.” / Soon after, everythin
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 23 9 s borders both here and there with mighty victories.” / It is no
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 24 10 / and praising Christ together with heavenly hymns without end. / /
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 1 rothers took care to bury him with holy concern, / with psalms, wi
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 25 2 o bury him with holy concern, / with psalms, with hymns, with grea
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 26 2 odour / filled the whole church with ambrosial nectar, / showing cle
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 26 4 he blessed father’s funeral with glad singing. / / # / That holy f
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 5 f the sick are healed through with the touch of the oil / that usu
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 27 8 weep for their wicked crimes with tears, / and who go away glad,
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 28 5 erits; / to enjoy eternal light with Christ and the saints, / as the
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 1 / In that place a smell sweet with heavenly nectar , / has been ma
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 29 10 the outstanding father rests with his consecrated body. / / # / Mea
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 30 6 , / pouring out her tepid tears with a weary voice. / Her faith alon
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 7 / That sort of wretch had come with a breast firm in faith, / broug
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 31 15 ow. / While people stood by and with everyone watching, / he was sud
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 1 oung , a servant of the altar with a corrupt mind, / and he secret
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 4 rvant of Christ used to carry with him, / when the pious traveller
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 32 5 pious traveller took a trip, with Christ as his companion, / on a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 9 me be allowed for me to play with a poetic plectrum, / reader, so
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 16 e, / one for whom a chaste life with his wife was enough: / she had
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 33 17 ready submitted to her spouse with a pious mind / just as Sarah ha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 4 ought that she saw a new moon / with raised horns, as is usual whe
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 8 h, / shining through he inwards with its beaming light. / On waking
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 18 the whole of the horns filled with new light. / Perhaps you had ha
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 19 rhaps you had had intercourse with your husband that night, / and
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 22 n, / who is growing to be great with honoured merits. / He will be a
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 26 usly held, / he will illuminate with the celestial light of highes
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 34 orld / and desired to serve God with mind and hand; / seizing hold o
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 35 eizing hold of celestial life with all its sweetness, / he handed
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 39 ervant pursued greater things with his mind, / and desired to walk
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 47 to the end very many battles with the wicked serpent, / who is ac
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 57 able to touch on these things with a running plectrum / or to reve
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 64 ut his homeland cherished him with love. / That man of God was pat
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 67 once his work was completed, with Christ completing it, / he earn
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 72 of joys without end together with the saints, . / The brothers to
ALCVIN.VmetWillibrord 34 75 hore, / and shines consecrated with the glory of your name, / virgi
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 6 ins of people, / are acclaimed with frequent songs in the holy ha
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 10 ng, / who moisten wasted faces with irrigating streams; / accept t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 12 ewailing committed sins, / who with their burning prayers are sco
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 15 / , Saul, you were called, but with your name changed, Paul: / you
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 18 ctor to the fearful, together with Peter, extend your right hand
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 4 d, / and fresh banners rise up with sacred victories. / The honour
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 7 hom prophets acclaim as Titan with holy inspiration ! / Splendid l
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 10 ng, / who moisten wasted faces with irrigating streams / and, on b
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 11 n bended leg, pound the earth with their knees, / while they earn
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 13 obliterate the evils of life with frequent prayers. / This virgin
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 14 / This virgin, I say, pregnant with heavenly offspring, / brought
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 22 wise a sealed spring, welling with a heavenly surge, and also a
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 30 ther’s innards grew swollen with child / who, once born, deliver
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 12 e had concluded his conflicts with three victories. / In this way
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 21 e ploughed the surging waters with a curved keel / and traversed
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 24 l the barque struck the shore with its untried prow; / then he cr
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 30 tismal robes, then, overtaken with illness, he grew sick, / until
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 37 reign, / and folk acclaim him with the proper name of Ine; / and
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 40 f Christ, / built a new temple with a most lofty structure, / wher
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 41 e, / where sacred altars shine with a twelvefold name; / moreover,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 45 t our God! / The months unfold with their successive festive peri
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 47 / may antiphons strike the ear with sweet harmonies / and the sing
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 50 resound / and shake lofty peak with its sonorous song! / Brothers,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 51 , let us praise the Thunderer with concordant voice, / and let th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 52 ong of nuns call out likewise with frequent songs! / Let us all p
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 55 hurch, / uttering the melodies with the frequent accompaniment of
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 56 us strive to strain the lyre with its ten strings, / just as the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 57 he psalmist urges us to pluck with twice five strings. / Let ever
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 58 ne of us adorn the new temple with their voice, / and let each ma
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 61 / the Virgin Mary consecrated with her own birth, / the day which
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 66 e venerable altars are ablaze with pious gifts. / This building g
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 67 gifts. / This building gleams with gentle light inside / when the
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 71 chapel: / a golden cloth glows with its twisted threads / and offe
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 73 golden chalice gleams covered with gems / just as shines set with
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 74 with gems / just as shines set with burning stars; / and there sta
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 79 ross made from tawny gold / and with the metal likewise adorned wi
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 80 rible surrounded on all sides with bosses / hangs on high, reveal
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 2 / # 4.1 / Peter crowns this apse with the destiny of the saints, / t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 7 apture the precepts of Christ with an open heart. / Just as previ
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 12 / just as the saviour promised with a true voice / when he called
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 24 ealed feet. / He also punished with death two wicked people who c
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 25 wicked people who concealed / with deceit the unspeakable price
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 30 of a new tower / and, crowned with laurel leaf, he set off to fl
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 32 / smashed flat on the ground, with shattered bones; / and yielded
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 1 rried Peter, / rightly adorned with eternal triumphs to the heigh
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 2 aul, who punished holy crowds with prison, / is made a believer w
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 3 h prison, / is made a believer with his name changed to Paul, / so
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 4 Paul, / sowing very many seeds with his fruitful words: / and from
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 7 you persecute me, opposing me with a hard heel? / So when he was
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 11 he third peak of heaven, / and with his mind he saw the splendid
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 12 t sorceress called out to him with a wanton voice; / but after Pa
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 18 ver again see Phoebus blazing with light? / He restored a sick ma
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 21 the ability to walk. / So too, with the Lord providing a remedy,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 26 t drive out the wintry clouds with its heat / a dreadful viper bit
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 27 a dreadful viper bit his hand with deadly fangs; / but Paul did n
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 30 y he flung the snake, covered with its scaly skin, / straight int
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 33 / he sought a sacred martyrdom with red blood, / and the purple go
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 9 ; / scorning his suspended nets with their spurned catch / he eager
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 11 . / Who can tally up the towns with their populous crowds / that,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.3 14 he made atonement to his lord with his bloody end / when he was h
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 1 ife, / taking on purple crowns with Christ reigning. / / # 4.4 / Here
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 3 er, / defends the lofty temple with its holy roof. / Who, when hol
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 6 o convert the Spanish peoples with his teaching, / converting wit
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.4 7 ith his teaching, / converting with his divine words the barbaria
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 1 im to the celestial citadels, with his merits shining. / / # 4.5 / In
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 4 o Christ / when he left behind with his ageing father the curved
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 6 o sweep along the blue waters with seaweedy oars, / weaving snare
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 9 t-bearing boat, and, together with his dear brother, / he too fol
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.5 12 ead of all the others, adored with great love. / The ruler who ru
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 1 s / as the last days pass away with former ages. / / # 4.6 / Here Thom
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 3 dymus, / keeps the holy church with its patched vaulting. / And he
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 15 performing very many miracles with splendid success, / to convert
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 16 ert the peoples of the orient with holy books. / At that time Ind
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 17 t time India worshipped icons with wicked rites, / having been in
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.6 24 ient shrine, / ran him through with a hard blade so that he was d
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 6 erse disturbance, killed him / with a fuller’s club, after he w
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 11 pray aloud to God, / striking with bended knees the pavement of
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 16 not cut the curls of his head with iron scissors, / nor did any r
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 22 anied by a mighty army, / along with his father too, who was born
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 23 id siege to the spacious city with armed soldiers, / until aa dre
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 24 l aa dreadful famine consumed with slaughter the crowds / hemmed i
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 31 f the Cross punish the wicked with destruction; / in this way too
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.7 34 / throughout the wretched city with its inhabitants doomed to die
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 3 p, / whom holy Christ enriched with heavenly grace. / With sacred
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 4 nriched with heavenly grace. / With sacred teaching, he taught th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 8 heir dark hearts / and serving with a twisted order of creation,
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 13 / From there, [Philip] hastens with holy books to convert Asia, /
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.8 17 man convert the realm of Asia with his teaching. / Where he reste
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 9 louds, / when humid skies drip with rainy drops, / which signifies
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.9 14 and of martyrdom / and, marked with the stigma of Christ, he foll
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 12 wide earth, / which irrigated with their pure streams and crysta
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 15 t, / irrigating parched hearts with its holy springs. / Matthew, th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.10 17 it. / A prophet of God, filled with the Holy Spirit, / once saw hi
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 1 on melts like a flow of wax, / with flame crackling throughout th
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 14 Flood had punished the world with its waves, / saying: behold, t
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 15 aying: behold, the Lord comes with his holy thousands / to impose
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 18 which freezing gusts disperse with rapid blasts; / he also compar
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.12 24 rms is reserved. / Indeed Jude, with his holy teachings, converted
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 4 nt I beseech them in my heart with frequent prayers / that they m
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 1 enter as the last into rest, with Christ reigning in heaven. / / #
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 8 out his stinking bowels along with his foul entrails / when he bu
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 10 of light who redeems the ages with his blood, / so that he could
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 22 uprooted oaks / began to fall, with crown and roots disturbed at
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 24 ench the circuit of the earth with dripping showers. / When the
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 25 When the rivers were flooded with excessive rain, / the whirlwind
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 26 wind began to pound the earth with polished hailstones, / which th
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 31 shade and dread clouds. / So with the order of things disturbed
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 32 sister of Phoebus grows dark, with her brilliant light; / nor was
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 39 offspring of Atlas, / is hidden with its seven blazing torches: / t
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 41 the gleaming scales of Libra, with its balanced pans, began to g
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 42 the zodiac is darkened, along with the rest of its throng, / which
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 44 ent days was called Mazaroth, / with its twice six stars shining t
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 53 ndulating swell began to boil with wintry waves; / when the ocean
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 54 wintry waves; / when the ocean with its mighty bulk and savage fl
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 55 gan to pound the promontories with victory at hand: / in such a wa
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 56 a way the sea began to swell with savage gusts of winds / forced
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 63 were the fourth vigil, / roused with its resounding summons those
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 66 of the Divine Office: / listen, with the blast the pillars suddenl
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 67 ions; / all the beams, together with the vast rafters, shuddering,
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 72 lling of the roof / was shaking with horrid-sounding crashings and
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 80 d, / and their cloak was fading with the rising brightness of dawn
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 93 aps we would have been struck with lightning once the roof was s
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 96 ce ninefold bodies all around with its massive wall. / So let us w
ALDHELM.CarmRhyth.Octo 100 n / ruling heaven forever along with the Holy Ghost!
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 9 mong the ranks of saints, who with perpetual praise / rightly glor
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 16 old, / or to mislead the saints with a show of transgressions; / or
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 27 ning likewise fills the skies with coruscation: / the one called K
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 31 ship-bearing sea enclose him with its foaming surge, / nor the gi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 33 es of the famous, who thrived with perpetual flowering / and God
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1 y Father, governing the world with your say-so, / you who sets up
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 3 ing the earth’s foundations with your word; / you who paint the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 4 u who paint the pale greenery with rosy bloom, / and also hold bac
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 8 crops of the ploughed fields with a cooling spring / and swells t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 9 and swells the corn’s husks with cloudy showers, / who removes t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 12 who adorns the oceanic fields with fat fish / forming scaly squadr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 14 ikewise filling the clear air with swiftly-flying flocks, / that c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 15 rrup chattering songs, piping with their beaks, / and proclaim the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 16 aks, / and proclaim the creator with varied voices; / you, kindly an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 54 / who relax the laws of nature with frequent changes. / For the mon
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 56 vices / the little ass speaking with human voice, / the one that pre
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 57 previously used to prattle on with braying throat, / when a prophe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 59 / and lay low the innocent ass with darts of words. / So I openly s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 62 and inspire this / brute chest with vital breath, / who augment min
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 63 tal breath, / who augment minds with skills and lips with words, / s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 67 tter than to pluck the chords with a plectrum / with which the pio
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 68 ck the chords with a plectrum / with which the pious Psalmist once
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 69 / and is keen to feed the mind with a mighty melody / and refuses t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 70 ody / and refuses to be content with lissom song, / let that man, he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 72 ring the greatest instruments / with a thousandfold blast, delight
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 73 ough others shine resplendent with gilded sound-boxes! / Who cou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 78 eanse shameful lips? / The coal with which the Seraphim once purge
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 79 m then on, glowing deservedly with heavenly kindling, / the excell
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 81 ns the locks of the word, / and with the torches of Scripture bur
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 122 ke away their own temptations with a devout mind, / spurning the p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 137 r a serving-woman ever govern with proud disdain! / Now, therefo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 155 in a garland. / She tramps down with her feet upon the relationshi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 159 awny gold and gleaming metal, / with which the fabric of the prese
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 171 ster / and surpasses its mother with its own splendour; / and as the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 179 er strips the leafy vine-rows with sickles; / just as the stars yi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 181 hen Titan lights up the earth with his slanting course, / surpassi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 188 , / surpasses golden neck-rings with flaming gems. / Virginity shine
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 195 fertile furrows, / and the rose with bloody petal grows ruddy amon
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 207 despised, even though a clasp with golden studs stands out more,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 211 ather / and willow-wood or made with a thin covering of parchment,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 213 amp illuminating dark corners with its light. / The pallid brightn
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 215 dark night blackens the world with dusky shadows, / even though Ti
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 221 one that cold gravel produces with icy waters, / nor is a diving-b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 222 waters, / nor is a diving-bird with its black wings entirely desp
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 223 ing the gullet of its stomach with scaly fish, / nor likewise is t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 236 / Nor are pomegranates scorned with their round seeds / which a ski
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 252 ced God’s secret prophecies with his words , / which the sequenc
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 263 ourishment of water. / And then with his assent he burst the cloud
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 265 the earth might burgeon again with fecund seed, / producing from f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 281 ar call of the trump resounds / with the coming of God, who metes
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 283 ewise, there adorned the ages with well-known miracles / ELISHA th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 284 s / ELISHA the prophet, burning with virginal bloom. / A golden heif
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 287 e Holy Spirit will enrich him with a twofold gift / the same Spiri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 296 so does God avenge his saints with awful wrath / and rightly stri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 297 h / and rightly strikes sinners with a savage lash. / JEREMIAH flo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 298 / JEREMIAH flourished famous with a twin gift; / although he was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 299 he was the hero most endowed with the innumerable / awards of vir
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 302 r. / Holy virginity adorned him with the flower of pure chastity / a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 337 / already in lofty statue made with various metals. / Afterwards, w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 339 , the ruler saw / a mighty tree with leafy trunk growing out of th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 353 crisis of death; / and likewise with a bloody death he punished th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 366 riend, / despising grim damages with thousands of dangers. / Also
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 367 way, the three boys, fragrant with the flowers of virginity, / had
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 372 mage of metal. / Then a trumpet with harsh-sounding blasts resound
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 373 loudly; / the pipes resonating with harps strike the skies; / the m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 380 threatened the chaste youths / with the furnace’s flames, so th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 385 e the boys / in the grim prison with harmless firebrands; / indeed,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 387 earts of the young men burned with sparkling faith. / For a holy a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 389 rs / to quench the burning fire with icy blasts / extinguishing red-
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 395 hen, the prophet JOHN, filled with divine inspiration, / eloquentl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 424 nd granted the gifts of birth with clear streams, / as the old ret
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 427 the blue surface of water / and with devout paces stepped onto the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 430 s, spoke, / addressing his son, with words that ran through the ai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 437 he bitterness of cruel poison / with which the angry flock of othe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 445 h, / John restrained the tyrant with his words. / Platters were redd
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 446 tters were reddened forthwith with flowing blood / and bore to the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 449 strating a dramatic diversion with a young girl’s dance. / So th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 451 ood signified Christ, / healing with a wound the dread wounds of t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 456 k open the iron access fitted with a bar. / He shattered the bronz
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 463 thirsty one sated his stomach with eternal streams, / and he kept
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 465 ing utterly from any dealings with false flesh. / For that reason
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 476 he granted the maimed to live with healed hands. / Although one we
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 484 However, a change came about: with a change of name, / blessed PAU
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 491 than once turned dark ravens with their dusky blackness / into br
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 496 on high; and Paul, pressed in with darkness / and lacking bright l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 497 right light, fell on his face with bended knee. / Although, being
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 500 h always brightened his heart with its gentle light. / This man wa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 502 , / converting barbarian hordes with sacred teachings. / LUKE is g
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 512 gs / had covered the dark world with terrifying blindness, / Luke un
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 513 d the treasury of the fathers with the key of heaven, / right back
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 517 the putrid ulcers of innards with a poultice. / But from then on
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 522 ned the seat of the Augustans / with his consecrated bones where n
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 526 name. / God freely endowed him with heavenly grace, / since he kept
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 531 e holy beginnings of baptism. / With faithful steps this devoted d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 546 scaly dragon, / constraining it with strong shackles and iron chai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 551 Silvester had bound the beast with a choking collar, / cutting off
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 558 ursting foul blisters covered with leprous scales, / when he dippe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 563 a fresh temple / which sparkled with the mark of the saviour’s b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 565 ilvester adorn the wide world with his own demeanour / when he set
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 568 ainst twelve masters striving with skill / who with fraudulent voi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 569 sters striving with skill / who with fraudulent voice denied the p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 574 s if facing mastiffs gnashing with their jaws / that fill the uppe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 575 at fill the upper air in vain with their barking, / this warrior d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 579 deceived the unwitting people with devious trickery. / When the gl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 590 around the peoples proclaimed with their cries the Thunderer; / pr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 599 ched over and walking shakily with trembling limbs; / and on top o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 607 ightaway become a young woman with a beautiful face. / The ruler o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 608 r, and rejoicing wreathes her with a crown, / surrounding her temp
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 609 rown, / surrounding her temples with a garland of yellow gold, / and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 610 gold, / and he also adorns her with the wrapping of a robe and wi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 623 owever, they produced nothing with their obtuse speech, / but they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 628 fell and surrounded the world with its dark covering / and embrace
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 629 vering / and embraced the earth with its dusky wings. / Then when sl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 632 man, who you believed was old with a cruel countenance, / who grea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 638 ights have grown old / and now, with the citadel crumbling, they h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 643 , / remember to plough a furrow with a standard’s tip. / In this w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 644 you shall drive in the banner with your right hand, / cleaving fou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 647 e the walls of the barricades with red slate. / And there your off
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 667 . / Indeed, this swarm of bees, with which the saint’s lips over
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 671 lliant little work, / revealing with devout reason how from the ve
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 674 s of days, / disposing the ages with his heavenly assent. / These th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 679 Father blessed him one night with heavenly praise / when he was n
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 681 athed in baptism / nor anointed with the sacred chrism of balsam, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 687 often put right the villagers with teaching that brought salvati
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 695 ar down an infamous pine-tree with leafy trunk / where foolish lea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 704 red blood / nor even was burned with dread firebrands, / nonetheless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 716 eam, / he saw two girls glowing with virginal bloom, / and seeing th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 717 and seeing them, he shuddered with a grim gaze, / since he did not
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 719 y both addressed the holy man with untroubled voices: / ‘Young m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 726 ne of us is called virginity, with fruitful flower; / the other, b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 729 ship of our life might remain with you. / BASIL, who was once th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 767 w about his magnificent life, / with what signs the kindly one sho
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 785 quelled the burning of thirst with the welling of a spring, / spar
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 788 swift bird nourished this man with meagre food of grain, / in a gr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 800 orld as it is celebrating him with current fame, / since he was ea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 803 in check his licentious body with a tight rule, / removing the bu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 810 throat, / until a pyre flaming with a vast pile of kindling / consu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 812 coals. / Next, when seas turbid with the ocean’s mountainous wav
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 815 nt shores / but the deep seas with their wavy masses dominate / an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 829 ed the course of his own life with tight constraints, / confoundin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 831 d / maintaining the twin burden with proper moderation, / since the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 833 a leader ought to distinguish with reasonable balance / and acknow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 837 s, / revealing secret mysteries with virginity’s key of. / For at
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 839 in a dream / how he was endowed with a plentiful gift of virtues; /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 860 l death. / He supplied the deaf with hearing and the lame with ste
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 861 the sick, he invigorated them with power of limbs. / scattering de
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 867 contained death’s draughts, / with his right hand stretched out
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 883 ey were made martyrs reddened with bloody gore, , / worshipping Ch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 888 he same time saintly Ambrose, with blessed Paul showing the way,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 892 by angelic hosts, / decked them with its heavenly flower. / One was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 897 me distinguished, he thrived with a double gift, / at the same ti
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 898 ak of the episcopacy together with the glory of his virginity. / F
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 901 he water of a font to thicken with oil / and changed liquid stream
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 909 as the hanging lantern burned with no light. / Straightaway, Narci
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 912 g / and to fill the empty glass with the clear liquid. / Thereupon w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 921 redator, who strives to crush with his wiles the human race, / did
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 923 wicked council was convened, with three witnesses / who devised a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 925 ight dent the bishop’s fame with a serpent’s tooth / and dispa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 926 ooth / and disparage this saint with poisonous deception. / From the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 936 st / and unwisely tried to bind with lying words / the links of his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 937 g words / the links of his oath with knotty bonds: / ‘So may my ey
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 938 So may my eyes not grow dark with dusky shadows / nor may catarac
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 945 alone he chose to spend time with Christ alone / trampling on the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 948 nesses / who devised falsehoods with lying oaths / and were keen to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 949 oaths / and were keen to defile with incrimination the innocent sa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 953 s high roof crackled, blazing with flaming sparks / and the heat c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 956 by afflicting his fetid limbs with the king’s evil [leprosy], /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 963 thwarted scheme was uncovered with its blind trickery / and the gu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 965 of tears / and rinsed his face with salty fountains from his eyes
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 995 trines of the foolish, / put up with wicked schismatics and a thou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 997 e to bring him into disrepute / with a dense crowd of dishonesty,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1015 onfusion came over them! / Thus with God’s assistance do guilty
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1020 les / tried to charge the saint with an accusation of licentiousne
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1022 ted the bite of what she said / with a shield, overcoming with his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1030 he never saw Phoebus shining with light. / But in fact he never c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1041 h from its known edge, / wished with violence and without hesitati
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1042 ts sacred gate’s threshold, / with the wicked one’s deception
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1043 p, rebuking the proud emperor with his voice, / reproached him wit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1045 r his royal diadem. / Defending with his speech the sacred temple
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1046 e boldly told the one stained with bloody gore / not to touch the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1047 touch the apse of the church with his dark hands. / And for that
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1049 hange of words he might speak with the cock-eyed king. / The impio
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1058 ne of Scripture, be afflicted with flexible whips, / in so far as
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1078 born into the world as twins with double names, / of whom one was
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1084 ng awful damage from the body with their skills . / The mute and t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1089 ity occurred, / they made whole with heaven’s healing as Christ
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1090 the contagion of filthy flesh with their medicine. / And even so,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1091 r medicine. / And even so, rich with the exceptional gift of virtu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1092 did not carry purses stuffed with specious gold, / but rather tra
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1096 s viciously punishing martyrs with cruel edicts. / Then he submerg
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1099 t the chilly waters grew calm with clear swells, / until quicker t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1105 ory, / contrived other injuries with the poison of a Gorgon. / For t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1107 flames / and stuffed a furnace with the kindling of tinder-wood; /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1124 m the world justly celebrates with renowned praise. / So by chance
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1128 ich worldly wisdom celebrates with slow-witted sense. / He was, so
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1129 He was, so it is said, gifted with a clever mind, / a boy burning
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1130 a clever mind, / a boy burning with brilliance and sensible at he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1132 as a noted reader / he drank in with his ears the sacred volumes w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1136 washed away the stain of sin with the waters of baptism. / Soon h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1144 her soon devised another plan with a scheme, / and applied the dan
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1152 bold warrior might grow soft with such displays / to which the ir
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1162 rgin, / full-grown and blushing with a beautiful face, / who wore a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1163 ace, / who wore a golden brooch with blue-green gems. / She tried to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1186 as handed over to be tortured with bitter punishments, / and guard
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1191 Lord, / and he constrained him with damp, rough knots of thongs / s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1198 the stupid bound that man in with blinded minds. / Then a cruel a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1199 ordered that he be spattered with piss, / drenching his holy limb
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1200 iss, / drenching his holy limbs with a putrid stink, / since they sa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1206 to experience the sun blazing with light. / But burning Titan held
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1215 / would have wounded the saint with a knotty withy. / But, amazing
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1217 the sharp strikes of the rods with their loud blows; / but rather,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1221 ingly: / converting seventy men with clear doctrine / he had them pu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1224 o heavenly Olympus, / spattered with the red blood of purple, , / an
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1238 hands on her respectable body with obscene actions, / just as once
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1240 ark, / swiftly the wanton man, with a confused expression would d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1252 ing the holy Church of Christ with heathen weapons, / piled up a t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1258 name / endured horrific trials with bloody punishments. / His fathe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1271 e might entreat the Thunderer with his voice, / seeking out signs
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1277 ion. / The blessed man drank in with his ears the following celest
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1279 will be granted a young woman with a dowry / and do not stubbornly
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1282 e maiden who is joined to you with a pure body! / For she will rem
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1288 / he accepted the girl adorned with gems and gold. / Yet the high-t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1291 d never stain their own limbs with sin; / reining in the flesh’s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1292 ing in the flesh’s excesses with blessed loins, / especially bec
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1299 ept the rule of righteousness with its prescribed course. / They a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1305 lly served both day and night / with songs unceasing and frequent
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1306 ntreating the halls of heaven with strength unbroken / while they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1307 e threshold of starry Olympus with their prayers. / Meanwhile bl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1312 ub; / the beatings reverberated with noise from gory torture / until
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1313 l there were streams dripping with purple blood. / In this way the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1314 the servant followed his Lord with a dedicated mind, / heading on
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1317 ng away the sins of the world with his purple blood / when that ho
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1325 o the ground / the lofty temple with its strong structure, / and lik
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1328 war, / inspiring bitter hearts with the Gorgon’s poison, / was un
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1329 assist the temple’s statues with his shield; / nor were Venus or
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1337 e structure toppled headlong, with its tiles shattered, . / Neptun
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1339 mmands the kingdom of the sea with its surging waves, / did not ha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1342 / or which gold leaves adorned with a gilded garland. / Alcides is
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1347 his club did not spring back with stiff strength in the temple,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1349 they pretended to be powerful with fire, / restraining fiery light
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1350 raining fiery lightning-bolts with flaming reins, / crashed to the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1352 rushed construction collapsed with fallen idols, / as the true his
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1358 retribution bitterly blazed, / with the result that, after the de
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1360 . / Then Dagon fell on his face with shattered knees, / and his wick
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1371 / So too did Phoebus retreat with shattered power / The savage so
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1378 governed the infernal regions with his dark power / and reigned in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1382 s it is said in ancient books with dishonest words. / Nor did Pan,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1392 cattered it in ashes, / just as with his voice the suppliant marty
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1400 emned / foully seethed inside with black worms; / yet nonetheless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1401 s of the innocent were filled with nectar, / breathing instead the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1412 the black darkness of death, with its soul returning. / The dead
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1414 e dark infernal regions. / Then with the entreaties of the multitu
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1422 were pushed into vats stuffed with kindling / in which a burning b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1432 t coils, / raised its dark neck with its pestilential poison. / The
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1434 ight gnaw the saints’ limbs with their jaws, / and also the tort
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1439 orgetting recent prey, / licked with their lips the feet of the sa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1440 t of the saints. / In this way, with God changing them, the wild b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1447 y death / there came ten lepers with calloused bodies, / and they, h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1456 and he was a native of Nitria with its burgeoning brambles, / atte
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1463 ads / and threaten mortal lives with the spin of a spindle / which c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1469 welling Nile, / which irrigates with its streams the fertile Egypt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1472 outrage the rules of modesty with his naked flesh. / Then, quicke
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1473 e a swift bird he was carried with heavenly aid / across the foami
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1482 ince he raved out of his mind with wandering steps. / In this way,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1486 say that he gave them advice with the following words: / ‘Retur
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1493 as the truthful man promised with his words. / Soon at another
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1517 reason he stood out, shining with celebrated fame. / But far off,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1524 ple in their wanderings, / then with kneeling knees he entreated t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1533 avenly baptism, / if the priest with his prayers would shatter the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1545 Bellona infected their hearts with venom / and, bearing bloody wea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1547 . / The battle-lines pressed on with dense crowds massing; / terrify
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1550 hile phalanxes stirred up war with resonating voices. / Then by ch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1555 a certain rabble-rouser raged with wicked intent; / and he was the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1561 befall you, / just as you wish with your words, about to come to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1565 t will tear you to pieces you with frenzied jaws / and the beaks o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1568 rred, the carcass was covered with sand; / when morning light agai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1582 table, / they were fed equally with the dry nourishment of wheat /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1584 its bosom as the ground grows with grass. / Then the pious one spo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1585 us one spoke to the companies with this speech: / ‘Brothers, if
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1587 t believe, / let us now entreat with prayers the Lord who rules in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1596 They saw pomegranates stuffed with seeds and pips, / grapes and fi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1601 undant beestings bright-white with white. / When this thing had be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1604 enerously filled their dishes with fabulous feasts. / Until the da
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1607 , / fed his own foster-children with such delights. / Then famine
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1608 icted the multitudes of Egypt with disaster. / Look: they came in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1611 ured out three baskets filled with bread / which in prayer he prev
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1612 prayer he previously blessed with his holy hand. / From that he f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1615 t did a small basket run out, with crusts exhausted. / So too he i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1630 d the secrets of the prophets / with sound commentary, by making p
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1638 he mounted the gallows-cross with his sacred body / and, after su
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1639 r suffering wounds, he purged with his red blood / the human race
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1642 the language / of the twin laws with so much zeal or so assiduousl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1646 , / assailed that same holy man with horrible jaws: / in this way is
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1649 crowd closely round the boar with their barking, / surrounding hi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1651 scatters these hostile hounds with his tusks / and, gaining his de
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1665 ight follow the lord of light with a devout mind, / when the virgi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1668 the white flock will rejoice with its saintly Shepherd / where fi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1669 y Shepherd / where fields bloom with the purple flowers of the pla
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1670 wolf does not gnash its teeth with terrifying jaws, / and the past
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1677 el, / a fertile virgin pregnant with child, betrothed to a suitor.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1681 y summit, / and who illuminates with his light all hidden mysterie
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1691 This virgin, I say, pregnant with heavenly progeny, / produced fr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1707 d the mother’s womb swelled with a baby / who, when he had been
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1715 bracing his bright-white neck with her gorgeous arms. / Even thoug
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1716 al instruments lead the dance with many harmonies / and melodious
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1717 s / and melodious songs resound with the chanting of the Muses, / ye
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1724 bove. / This patron supports me with a heavenly pledge, / so that I
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1728 ust / can lay hands on my limbs with shameful sin; / but straightawa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1729 htaway my avenger will punish with angelic weapons / those who str
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1730 / those who strive to seize me with polluted hands.’ / Thus the w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1737 surround / and furiously strike with salty waves, / produced AGATHA,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1739 icilian inhabitant celebrates with famous praise, / for of her own
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1749 liced through her chaste body with a bloody edge: / her beautiful
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1752 butchers also burned the girl with flame, / roasting her virginal
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1755 he girl’s limbs of the girl with a harmless blaze. / In punishme
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1766 g her. / After this, she bought with her blood a martyr’s the ga
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1771 ain time Mount Etna, seething with fires, / spewed out burning sul
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1781 r rather, they adorned saints with their own shed blood, / among t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1791 once another woman, afflicted with a flow of blood, / secretly tou
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1793 er / was healed and made whole, with the Lord granting her health.
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1798 od. / Thereupon the child began with words to explain to her mothe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1801 bandoning the golden necklace with its bejewelled display, / so th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1805 ughter straightaway put right with friendly speech her mother / wh
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1809 speech, / and ears were wearied with saintly reports, / straightaway
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1811 of a suitor seethed, / infected with a Gorgon’s evil, since she
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1813 se, / taking the girl betrothed with a dowry of blood. / The frenzie
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1815 the consul Paschasius snarled with dreadful anger / while the crue
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1816 ile the cruel tyrant disputed with words, / striving to take the b
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1820 , / even though she was dragged with a rope to a vile brothel / and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1822 roasted the tender little one with fire / in which black streams o
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1830 es. / So then the judge, racked with a grievous sickness of the mi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1832 he violated her pure innards with a rigid sword, / and purple blo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1837 nd tying his arms deservedly with knotted bonds. / Thus the guilt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1843 A, / who won the golden kingdom with virginal purity. / She broke th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1846 illustrious suitor, inflamed with depraved love for her, / did no
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1852 arouse the virgin’s innards with blind flames, / he strove to st
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1853 ve to stain the splendid one with magic potions. / At that time,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1860 ne / to entreat her pious heart with enticements of licentiousness
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1866 peril the virgin could put up with, / she never could be conquered
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1870 cked man oppressed the saints with his cruel edicts, / alas, the c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1871 o that they might deny Christ with the voice of one damned. / Howe
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1877 the venerable martyr grew red with rosy crowns, / and the bright-w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1878 he bright-white woman bloomed with a virgin’s garlands. / Alongs
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1879 the champion of God bleeding with spilt gore, / merited the banne
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1885 ous stock, / a red gem gleaming with a virginal diadem, / whose prai
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1887 ll of those on high re-echoes with harmonies? / Next, when she had
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1889 baptism, / she venerated Christ with wondrous love / so much so that
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1895 king up / the Lord’s cross of with an unblemished mind, / left her
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1903 disappointed hearts stiffened with iron-hard cares. / Then a might
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1907 / they soaked their sad faces with flowing moisture-drops. / At th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1911 innocent and defenceless one with the shield of his merciful ri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1913 ong. / For the tongue was lying with cunning words, / striving to da
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1914 words, / striving to damn girl with charges of debauchery. / But th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1920 he splendid servant of Christ / with wanton words, annulling the l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1921 so too the unfortunate woman, with a ring of people surrounding
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1927 had been renowned as glowing with the virtue of purity, / and at
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1934 He offered a golden neck-ring with ruby gems, / promising likewise
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1936 ing to lure the untouched one with the bird-lime of gifts, / as a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1937 s a bird-catcher traps a bird with knotty nets. / But straightaway
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1944 He who properly betrothed her with a dowry of faith / and it was H
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1956 barking mastiffs usually tear with their jaws. / Then the suitor a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1961 e triumph, / punished his guilt with the sword of heaven’s wrath
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1963 ished to harm the saintly one / with a sinful deed gave up his lif
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1965 she broke death’s shackles with prayers, / restoring with rosy
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1966 ckles with prayers, / restoring with rosy hue his pallid limbs / whi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1986 t her mind, burning brightly with virginal flames, / declined to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1988 parents rained down upon her with a storm of words, / just as the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1991 were lit: / Vulcan raged widely with black firebrands, / so that the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1994 essed flesh unsullied by sin. / With such an undertaking the guilt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2000 would gnaw her lady’s limbs with grim bites. / But no beast dare
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2011 ose! / She loved nothing mortal with empty love, / nor did she endea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2026 . / God abundantly enriched her with a heavenly gift, / and she gain
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2040 efore the whole sky grew dark with a cloudy storm / and the vaults
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2042 rumblings thundered, mixed in with flashing flames, / and the trem
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2043 nd the trembling earth quaked with a great crash; / damp fleecy cl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2044 h; / damp fleecy clouds dripped with dewy drops / and the air drench
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2045 nd the air drenched the earth with dark showers; / the valleys wer
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2049 hus, God hears those who pray with a devoted mind, / even though t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2062 man adored his holy offspring with wondrous love, / while life’s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2064 ledged the maiden in marriage with a dowry, / once she had already
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2070 red the mind of that nobleman with acute compunction, / so that he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2075 Scythian army were advancing with grim weapons, , / in a densely
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2077 an to devastate feeble Thrace with unnumbered aggressors. / At tha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2080 s, / having no faith in weapons with the grim mob menacing: / so tha
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2083 the city. / Then, the nobleman, with the encouragement of Paul and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2092 felt Christ’s consolation , / with heavenly citizens from on hig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2094 eace pressed in on the people with its healing crown. / At last, w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2095 h its healing crown. / At last, with his prayers answered, the lea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2108 the kingdom of the Thunderer with an insistent voice, / so that t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2131 the man taken from her / while with sobbing she anxiously lament
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2133 ing about / and deadly disease, with its cruel closure, incites, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2134 chium, a virgin, did not feel with bitter tears, / as she spurned
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2152 king the confines of phrasing with the keys of Latin. / Moreover,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2156 ations of the chaste life / and with what kind crowns by which bri
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2161 he golden kingdoms of heaven, / with her soul returning to the cel
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2170 that shining it might radiate with light for all: / in this was th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2174 the early stages of her life with a noble heritage, / nonetheless
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2176 nobly born by far, / sparkling with the merits of virtues like a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2182 asure, / and of pure gold metal with shining jewels; / and the bold
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2186 ouse, / bestowing sweet kisses, with mouths pressed together. / For
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2197 endid garlands, plaiting them with purple crowns, / while likewise
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2233 ntreating the gates of heaven with melodies of psalms, / the savag
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2234 lms, / the savage one, inflamed with vile passion, / daringly with s
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2235 d with vile passion, / daringly with stupid steps dared to burst i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2249 imes of the innocent servants with whips. / But when he was seen,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2251 in a dense circle, / struck him with buffets and the supple switch
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2254 htaway the building resounded with the sobbing of his household /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2255 y saw their lord painted over with pitch-black soot. / Fruitlessly
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2262 efended his harmless servants with his strong right hand / so that
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2289 blooms and old age, furrowed with wrinkles, never comes. / Theref
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2304 reason, the woman was beaten with supple whips / so that her sist
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2308 ince the virgin did not speak with wavering words. / For steadily
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2311 s and swords and switches red with weals; / ropes and clubs and ro
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2324 e will, / into hot baths heated with burnt brands; / nonetheless hea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2326 f heaven at once extinguished / with moisture he flames crackling
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2328 that the coal caused no harm with its innocuous embers, / but the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2332 e bound by a knot at the neck with a weight of rock, / so that the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2336 he chilly streams stood still with glassy calm, / while each virgi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2338 , / returning back to the bank, with their lives saved. / Then equal
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2353 o sisters / bombarding the ears with exceptional reports. / The tort
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2354 r was unable to overcome them with any torments, / even though he
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2355 punished those innocent ones with bloody butchery, / so that they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2361 their minds of both, burning with virginal flames, / burned up th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2362 urned up the tinder of luxury with the firebrand of purity, / spur
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2365 trample upon golden necklets with their purple jewels; / soon, th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2369 ing in appearance and shining with snowy brightness-white brilli
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2383 snarled, having been polluted with the deadly poison of resentme
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2388 ach, / corrupting the clear air with deadly poisons / to such an ext
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2396 the people / the serpent savage with its breath, which was torment
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2397 was tormenting crowds of folk / with bloody slaughter, so long as
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2398 When the hordes promised that with a unanimous voice, / at once th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2402 ds, / deserted its dark rafters with its scaly skin. / In this way,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2407 in instilled fields, / just as with a terrifying word she had ord
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2414 o joined her / who would praise with their voices the Thunderer in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2421 and consecrating virgin limbs with ruddy blood. / Straightaway the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2425 is calloused body / and teeming with worms, he breathed out his br
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2426 blessed Anatolia shine forth with well-known signs, / having suff
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2430 t his senses and as wandering with a brutish mind . / With the rum
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2431 ndering with a brutish mind . / With the rumour still recent, they
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2435 had aroused / a savage serpent with his incantation / so that the g
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2437 gnaw at the saintly limbs / with horrific teeth and open maw;
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2441 he also piled up his deserts with the purple of his blood, / and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2443 ght-white martyr followed him with a double garland: / chastity be
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2445 crown and suffering its red; / with her virtue being equally rewa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2451 olds of the gate that streams with light, / unless, driven far awa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2453 d flee beneath dusky shadows, with Christ driving them on. / Loo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2460 rns of the hosts rouse up War with their song. / Against these Vic
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2463 rry battle-standards, / helmets with mail coats, and also shields
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2471 ps, / and may the virgin strive with armed force to defeat the eig
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2474 ss / and to torment their flesh with the fierce lash / unless the ot
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2478 g through the wet sea-surface with dry feet, / and completed a per
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2484 roops in its watery calm, / can with good reason signify the Glutt
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2489 , / which always feeds Gluttony with rich feasts. / But greed which
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2492 is keen to stuff the stomach with fatty titbits, / this deceitful
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2495 mpus created, / and had moulded with holy hands this fresh inhabit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2496 he earth, / swelling his breast with the heavenly breath of life, /
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2500 at there grew up a crop thick with a vile harvest. / Drunkenness
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2503 seas punished the human race with their waters, / planted a vine
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2504 their waters, / planted a vine with burgeoning shoots in the furr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2506 that his son laughed stupidly with a shameless voice; / and his br
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2518 o all, / when dark thunderbolts with sulphurous flames set fire to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2524 fence, , / without being sodden with strong wine, not recognising
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2525 do I recall Nabal, inebriated with the nectar of new wine, / who,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2526 runk and driven out, laughing with a stupid voice, / reproached hi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2539 ity however stands in its way with the strength of fasting, / so t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2546 y serve lofty Christ. / Indeed, with her feet chaste virginity tra
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2549 d also, indecency, diversions with perverse gestures, / trifling a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2551 and what kinds of men, famous with praise, / has this ferocious V
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2561 ising the king’s whorehouse with her pure body / and trampling d
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2565 she kept her chastity intact with a devoted heart. / In this way
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2567 cts / the vice of harmful flesh with its polluted filth, / repelling
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2568 th, / repelling hostile battles with virginal arrows, / lest the lur
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2570 the marrow has been enflamed with fire. / Third after that, lov
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2573 -leader is densely surrounded with warriors; / she does not stride
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2575 dy weapons and spears smeared with poison. / She, burning with fal
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2576 red with poison. / She, burning with false witnesses, gathers into
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2580 perjuries / and profits stained with the crime of plunder. / As the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2588 ime against the Lord of light with a dark dodge: / with frenzied h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2589 d of light with a dark dodge: / with frenzied hands like a thief,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2591 vengeance punished this guilt with a deadly end, / and afflicted t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2592 end, / and afflicted the thief with a cruel beating; / the one who,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2594 eaven, who redeemed the world with his blood. / Likewise, the gr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2601 boath], who had harmed no one with weapons / once lay buried under
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2605 y tore her savagely to pieces with their teeth / and mangled her l
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2606 d her limbs, drenched through with purple gore. / So too the lea
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2612 arapets / in dense battle-array with gleaming weapons: / and the bla
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2618 dy continually stuff his sack with tawny coin; / just as the fires
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2619 led hearth crackle more fully with flames / and the more the furna
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2621 crave, as firebrands flare up with fuel, / nonetheless the burning
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2629 / From her are born slaughters with wicked carnage, / the uproar of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2632 shield / and, about to shatter with her sword raging Anger’s / bl
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2635 en though [that one], stained with Gorgon gore, screams and hiss
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2636 s and hisses, / by taking bites with her poisonous snakes, / while t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2645 / and torment God’s recruits with cruel weapons; / this fierce de
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2648 Christ’s warrior beats back with his boss / the spears of sadnes
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2652 ds back / the seats of emotions with happy bearing heals this dise
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2659 e / and allows no one to weaken with a deadly wound, / unless the de
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2671 lant constancy of mind, which with Christ’s small shield / seeks
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2678 re. / A seventh army follows, with packed weapons, / and the ancie
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2689 ve been enough that the world with its four corners, / which the t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2690 e turning of the sky embraces with long rotations, / rightly serve
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2704 e is keen to muster companies with inflated deceit, / and strides
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2708 ives to lay low the righteous with her own spears / and she commit
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2709 pears / and she commits carnage with the weapons of others. / From
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2719 the author of the human race with an empty trick, / so that the c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2722 e brother broke the fine bond with his brother, / who had been the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2725 at an evil harvest grew thick with bitter burrs. / when the wicked
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2726 cked one spattered the fields with purple blood. / From that the m
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2737 e like the Lord. / Then adorned with the lovely form of nine gemst
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2740 should boldly equal the Lord with his own powers. / For that reas
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2744 ho previously shone brilliant with angelic light / and flourished
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2745 nd flourished in abodes above with their blessed lot: / but while
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2753 ho does not know how / to swell with swollen arrogance of mind can
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2767 the keenness of their hearts with rough rust / they turn from lei
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2788 of words, / just as organs blow with bellowing blasts / and the wind
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2789 s / and the wind-chest resounds with discontinuous peals. / My small
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2794 hey will grow completely sour with age / or that the teeth of drin
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2814 as a tiny wretch will entreat with prayers the Lord’s handmaid
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2817 hts of starry heaven, / so that with noisy voices they with may en
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2832 t you, whom the diadem adorns with virginal wreaths, / defend this
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2845 s the shaggy billy-goat gnaws with his tooth at bunches of grape
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2852 knows how to defend his spine with a breastplate of prose. / Let a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2868 explore this work thoroughly with kindly mind / while, with open
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2869 ughly with kindly mind / while, with open windows beneath their fo
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2872 , / and pay the book’s price with frequent entreaty, / to the ext
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2878 / and all together will praise with their voices the Thunderer, / (
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2888 e flourishes for martyrs, / who with dread wounds sought honoured
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2889 chasing the extensive kingdom with purple blood ; / in that place
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2897 , / following the Lamb who once with his red blood / cleansed the fi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2899 hy flaws of a sinning world.) / With these ones who dwell in heave
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2904 g on the divine gift, / to rest with Christ reigning throughout he
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 6 amps for the church, in whom, with fire as a guide, love would b
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 10 e sky / should fill every land with heavenly miracles. / Rome, amaz
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 13 the light of the Word in Asia with his speech, / pouring forth my
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 18 he Nile, / satisfy dried fields with evangelical rain-clouds. / Af
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 22 catters the shadows of errors with true light. / That man, John
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 24 tom lights up Constantinople / with the golden brightness of his
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 5 his heart on heaven; and then with pleasant guidance / He directs
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 11 rrected this boyish behaviour with a worthy teacher, / for from a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 14 or to use up his passing time with fleeting exertion, / but to fi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 18 screamed and drenched it face with bitter grief. / The game diss
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 22 oothes the child, hugging him with gentle kisses, / urging it to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 30 silliness so out of keeping with your fate, / and in devotion j
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 37 ttle lad [Cuthbert] is struck with an attack of sudden illness,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 38 d steers his feeble footsteps with a pine staff. / When one day
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 47 as not been unable to relieve with any herbs’. / The guest leap
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 49 Mix some shining wheatmeal with milk in a pot, / and cook them
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 55 e / of the heavenly Judge, Who with the highest gift restored / th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 56 red / the lost sight of Tobias with the gall of a fish. / Then, hav
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 57 ing reinforced his holy heart with greater strength, / he learned
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 58 d the lofty-throned Thunderer with prayers. / There is a notewor
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 60 then was already flourishing with a splendid troop of monks. /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 74 es, brothers, / and sympathize with those whom sad blows are assa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 77 he rustic gathering disagrees with this just advice. / He, on ben
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 78 e, had soon pressed the earth with his face: / the winds change,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 83 / behold, while keeping vigil with nocturnal hymns / he sees fier
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 84 ees fiery strongholds blazing with starry bands carrying a saint
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 95 y people, and the fiery ether with such great choirs of companio
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 111 th wind will rise against you with its opposing gust; / but remem
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 113 wind / and the howling storms with the chrism which I shall give
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 115 e sailors set out to sea / and with the wings of the sails spread
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 122 way a single miracle / shines with a twin beam: he who had prev
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 123 rds / relieved the sad sailors with swift consolation; / and he wh
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 124 who had predicted the future with prophetic spirit / himself res
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 125 rained the turbulent elements with his commands. / Again Cuthbert,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 126 bert, his chaste heart filled with God, / after setting out on a
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 138 ingly the sacred man, now fed with the heavenly meal / of warm br
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 140 s on a calm journey joyfully, with Christ as his companion. / Afte
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 146 y hall. / This figure arrived with the appearance of a guest in
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 149 , he soothes the frozen feet / with the pleasant warming of his h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 151 me he could restore his limbs with pleasing food, / so that cold
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 161 he finds the interior filled with a rosy scent, / amazing to say
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 164 hen Cuthbert spoke as follows with a trembling heart: / ‘I see
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 180 s / those that he had achieved with only heavenly witnesses. / Mean
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 185 / He emerges from the sea and, with his knees planted on shore, /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 189 Then, warming his frozen feet with fur and breath / they wipe dry
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 191 from the saintly body; / then with a suppliant gesture they beg
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 195 ees this, his heart is struck with fear / and, hidden in a hollow
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 199 in supplication, / he requests with profuse prayer to be commende
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 200 d chanced to pass a sad night with a sudden solemnity. / ‘Surel
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 207 eturn of their health. / Then with prayer he drove out the illne
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 211 inates his bright-white heart with brilliant spirit. / Meanwhile h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 224 ss the sky? / Our hearts melt with hunger, and the human assista
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 225 ore it remains to entreat God with prostrate prayers / Who once th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 228 e terrifying shadows of night with a flaming guide. / This very
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 236 times for us will also return with God as our guide, / if confide
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 242 g the venerable gift of faith with praise; / moreover, as a proph
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 247 days they revive their limbs with food from heaven / which by it
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 252 set out to renew the populace with the waters of life. / Since h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 261 The Almighty can feed us even with such a servant.’ / And as t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 267 uthbert] cuts it in half, and with one piece he drives away the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 268 y the servant’s hunger, / and with the other they strengthen the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 273 uddenly mingled the following with his sacred sermon: / ‘Howev
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 278 njoys disturbing the faithful with even a small cloud, / so that
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 285 o save the fire-spewing roofs with water. / But the deception, un
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 293 Rather indeed, when real fire with crackling flames / snatched of
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 296 re, / he turns back the danger with his word — as the right han
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 299 / from Satan’s fiery quiver with the heavenly shield of Christ
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 310 afflicting the wretched woman with dreadful torments. / [Cuthbert
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 312 e guide bursts into tears and with a sad heart / grew terrified t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 315 loved wife so long oppressed / with insane raving, a suspicion wo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 319 elieved these gloomy concerns with kindly consolation: / ‘Why
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 327 / and will take up these reins with a mind already sound.’ / Th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 335 esses of a place apart, where with God as his witness he could /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 340 / of Lindisfarne washes round with the fluctuating waves of the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 343 ut their illnesses / and routs with the radiant sign of the cross
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 344 ven when absent in appearance with the presence of his spirit, /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 348 mind inspired to the heavens with his tears — / since his exte
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 352 sly this island was bristling with demonic breezes / and it fende
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 353 d it fended off human society with hidden threats. / As soon as
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 357 ed, / founded an ethereal city with a terrestrial earthwork, / and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 362 s, / he strengthened the walls with stones that could be shifted,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 365 position them / on the walls, with the accompanying the right ha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 371 en He was driving away thirst with a gushing stream, / He was abl
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 373 wine. / Wanting to gather food with his own hands, / he attempts t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 374 reak up the uncultivated soil with iron, / and, sowing seeds, to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 380 / ‘Why, pray, do you touch with improper audacity the harvest
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 402 ly, and bring some pork fat / with them as a worthy gift for the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 405 hy, wild pride, do you seethe with swollen neck? / Put away bli
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 413 mselves / to heavenly commands with a devoted mind? / For [Cuthbe
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 421 its waves strike the sailors with shame. / The story goes that ma
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 425 e man, restoring the wretched with sacred consolation, / calls to
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 438 eptive, , / desire to be apart with the Lord. / The life of a mon
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 458 to strengthen his maidservant with heavenly advice. / He agrees,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 460 nd while he is talking to her with friendly, / she, being anxious
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 461 friendly, / she, being anxious with womanly concerns, suddenly as
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 471 d, bewailing the sad prophecy with tears, said: / ‘Whom, I ask
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 479 , the hearts of men are cleft with various cares! / Part rejoice
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 481 , desiring fleeting treasures with devastating luxury, / abandons
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 498 himself, drenching his cheeks with bitter grieving, / is dragged
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 505 the sun completed a full year with the usual months / when Ecgfri
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 509 aspiring to celestial wisdom with a dedicated heart; / for he ha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 518 r the flocks entrusted to him with prayers and guidance. / He wa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 529 ts / water bringing salvation, with a priest assisting, and remov
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 532 gin was suffering, / afflicted with pain in her side and exhauste
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 533 hile; the bishop anointed her with sacred chrism / restored her t
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 535 household, who was afflicted with bitter sickness, / brought gat
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 547 tely threw them all out, / and with his prayers the energetic sai
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 559 ech raised up limbs / consumed with the taint of illness and sick
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 560 ny fires of fever he assuaged with holy water, / and how necessit
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 569 etic glory supports, / and who with sight so pure flies through
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 573 end and, / drenching his face with tears, he redoubles frequent
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 576 over, / is allotted a set end with the Lord as judge.’ / They
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 578 s conceals recognized dangers with a doubtful voice: / ‘See, m
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 597 hat reason we should now seek with our words the way to heaven,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 598 now knock on the door of Life with all our heart / while it is po
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 599 o spark each other’s spirit with heavenly flames, / for the has
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 623 and he shuddered in his heart with thunderstruck fear. / Ælffl
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 634 the saint / as he was occupied with sacred vows and prayers at th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 641 led the church for two years / with the authority of a bishop, an
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 642 ad watered the living fields / with the streams of the Word, the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 657 constantly to strengthen them with gentle guidance: / ‘Learn,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 665 eds discovered; / rather looks with pure vision towards the gate
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 678 oat, taking hosts of brothers with them. / After they were delay
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 680 / they return at last, and ask with suppliant tears / whether it w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 682 e limbs of their dear father / with them. The saint said further
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 688 the faithful, / disturbs them with a greater assault in their fi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 689 Wicked One used to assail me with frequent ambushes / from the f
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 692 uile of that past time. / But with Christ as my leader I easily
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 699 ough a tempest should rise up with raging storms, / bear everythi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 700 ging storms, / bear everything with faith: the hall of the kingdo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 710 they rejoice beyond the stars with merited crowns. / In the same
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 712 n feet, and to take the prize with our own hands. / Nor does a m
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 725 ss / whose limbs were weakened with exhausted bowels. / ‘Let thi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 734 ight worthily seek the stars / with that witness [the viaticum],
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 736 kept back the wakeful shadows with vigils; / where prayers resoun
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 737 igils; / where prayers resound with rhythms; the island rumbles w
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 742 fortifies his upward journey with the blood of Christ, / and joy
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 751 bitter must to Your own, but with You as leader the enemy’s
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 765 on Lindisfarne on all sides / with hateful blasts so that that n
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 780 as the mystic lyre resonates with the highest song: / ‘Lofty
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 796 uthbert’s miraculous deeds / with proper praise — as I previo
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 798 t bishop / — he was burnt up with fever and, sending forth his
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 802 rtyr, which shine (a wonder!) with celestial miracles. / The tai
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 808 h / of a demon was wearing down with frenzy, / forcing him to pour
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 809 and to chew at his own limbs with his teeth; / and he entreated
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 818 of rocky soil. / He mixes it with water which he had blessed wi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 821 ises / the heavenly gifts and, with glad steps everywhere, / he re
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 830 er, even coverings in contact with the holy body / abound in medi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 834 he holy saint’s stole, / and with it touched both of his eyes,
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 843 gifts of lofty medicine / and with the laces made taut with inte
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 848 ing up; / and, secure in limbs with their former strength / he pra
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 855 red, since they rival the sky with their starry gems jewels / and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 856 ms jewels / and shine redeemed with tawny images. / But I may be
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 857 e more amazed at the membrane with which the saintly one had cov
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 860 nd exhaust the hearts burning with / chaste prayers; nor does wha
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 863 ean flame covered over, alas, with the collapse of stones. / But
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 874 o reveal to anyone / miracles, with which he had destroyed in tri
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 875 age serpent, confronting them with weapons. / As a result, there
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 879 as nourishing a faithful ear / with celestial guidance, he receiv
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 883 hero replied and spoke to him with a few words in this way: /
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 890 embling, / is fervently struck with sobbing and beats his chaste
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 891 and beats his chaste breast / with his fists; and at last, after
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 900 a companion in his struggle / with regard to ethereal praise, wa
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 902 same spirit infused the two / with its various gifts, and brough
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 909 wound passed over his cheeks with its marks. / And while he was
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 917 k care to wipe away the water with his right hand, / and was stru
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 918 ht hand, / and was struck dumb with amazement that the affliction
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 921 am telling a lie, / I will say with God as my witness that it was
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 928 did so, and keenly felt that, with the disease gone, / and that f
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 934 of your saints / hoping that, with them making entreaties, You W
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1 gnorance, I begin to describe with feeble efforts some outstandi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 6 e bitter recesses of my heart with internal delights, / so that t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 11 ion, / worshipped their tyrants with vain terror, / but after the r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 17 , / and, present there forever with his worshippers, he sent out
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 19 he filled his twelve servants with an ignited fire, / and he incre
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 37 ng under the shadows, / a lamp with flame-spewing rays shone fort
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 39 hbourhood ran there together / with swift steps and with tremblin
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 46 haps deserved to be presented with such a shrine. / With that tor
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 47 resented with such a shrine. / With that torch the boy cast the d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 50 y discussion of the young man with sharp hemlock. / His limbs wer
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 57 nd him / and to serve the Lord with every hour of his time. / When
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 60 furies of his stepmother, / and with his associates he departed wi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 68 ented to her: / he was endowed with much charm, / and, welcomed by
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 75 irection of a regulated life. / With a holy love he took up the te
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 78 submitted to all the brothers with an equal love. / At that time a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 80 having burned for a long time with a customary desire, / conceive
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 95 partite year, / he sent him out with some additional companions, l
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 101 / My pipe has sung of miracles with a truthful plectrum. / However
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 105 walls / and the Christian flock with pleasant fences, / Dalvin, the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 107 dispelling the dusky darkness with a pale torch. / After a swift
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 110 ed him as a guest, warmed him with feasts, / and soothed him with
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 111 with feasts, / and soothed him with his words. He perceived quick
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 113 “my guest, you can be safe with me forever, as long as you pl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 118 / exalted and of noble blood, with vast riches; / I am dedicating
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 131 ishes, he set out on his road with the favourable help of the pr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 135 ove the air. / For he completed with honour the long courses of hi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 137 th his warm chest were filled with joy. / Moreover he entered the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 150 he hallowed altars and strove with extraordinary enthusiasm / To
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 169 nd, as previously he had wept with bitterness of spirit as he ha
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 173 ate, but he spent three years with his old host, learning to exa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 174 ld host, learning to examine / with much consideration the secret
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 178 ut from the top of his head, / with the right hand of the bishop
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 183 h a fresh and untilled field, with Christ / as his ploughshare of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 187 / to tear the saints to pieces with her lacerating flesh-hook. / I
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 189 ed nine bishops of the church with the sword. / These can be omitt
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 202 by enduring intense trials. / With great grief he embalmed the b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 204 / and he ploughed blue Nereus with swift oars. / The healthful coa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 205 ealthful coasts opened to him with a fortunate journey. / At that
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 207 Alhfrid was reigning together with his father Oswiu, / and they w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 222 . / He performed it. He stayed with the king, and he received / th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 231 s name was Aegilbert. Blessed with the strength of his learning,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 236 would not blunt to be blessed with the gift of the divine rank.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 242 he became heavier and heavier with better fruit, / and he was joy
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 243 s joyfully supplying everyone with the doctrines of salvation. / T
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 251 s stand, locked in a struggle with a doubtful end; / a public spl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 254 epts which were going to fall with a sudden crash: / “We hold to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 261 es of a bygone life. / But not with equal balances / did he weigh t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 263 staments which are made equal with true weights. / The fathers mo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 264 ers mourned together, because with a blind authority / the brother
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 265 iving to guard false accounts with strong bolts, / and they could
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 268 his art, / was chosen to dispel with wisdom the twists in an uneve
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 287 re beating their cold breasts with battered fists. / The assembly
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 291 d Acheron and to combine them with ours. Tell us, I ask you, fat
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 292 ask you, fathers, / who are hot with intellectual fervour: surely
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 309 resolution of the king, / and with the encouragement of the peop
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 316 ollows of crime, he undertook with humility / what ruling chance c
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 326 t allow my neck to be blessed with polluted displays. / The Galli
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 327 displays. / The Gallic gravel, with its abundant wheat, does not
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 336 ening the many-layered ropes, with the mast balancing them. / The
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 337 / The ship was released, and, with the cables relaxed, / they qui
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 339 re. / They entered the harbour with happy hearts. / Meanwhile, the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 343 d the precious hall resounded with blessed trumpets. / A twelvefo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 345 ey exulted, mixing the organs with the joyful horn, / and mystica
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 347 back of his head was enriched with olive oil, poured out freely,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 349 m; / his golden belt glittered with Tyrian purple, / and his shinin
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 350 his shining neck was adorned with a rose-coloured robe. / He was
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 353 had carried symbols streaked with much metal, / he stood there g
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 358 e marble / surface of the deep with taut sails, celebrating again
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 369 d at them, and beseeched them with humble speech, / saying, “Kee
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 383 young man fitted out a sling / with a small smooth stone and, whi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 385 o the ground, the sky seethed with shouts. / Later the shepherd r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 389 king’s forces ran together with hostile cries. / What more can
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 391 / they received bloody blows, with Jesus keeping watch. / Therefo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 404 e to meet / the father trembled with grief as they revealed these
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 410 ncealed in that hiding-place, with a better hope. / Although he w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 417 eat teacher, / he honoured him with his affection, and he enriche
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 421 n these things had been dealt with, he returned in prosperity / an
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 426 hree years he girded himself / with the accustomed fighting weapo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 435 ghtaway he surrounded Wilfrid with his own courts. Thus, having
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 442 and the dark eaves lay open, / with no gutters in place. Wherever
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 446 rofusely, applied themselves, with their / considerable natural s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 449 to enclose the unkept arches with a glassy screen, / and that the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 452 rified altars were made white with their coverings. / Then he per
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 458 it. / The Spirit, a co-worker with his mind, which was rich in d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 459 e neighbouring town of Ripon, with its extensive hazel thickets.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 460 elled in the shape of a cross with a ploughshare, / and he built
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 461 hare, / and he built a church, with its measurements perfectly ba
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 463 At last, after a few days and with everything prepared, / the lea
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 467 manner / and adorned the altar with the honour of the melodious P
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 470 cover. / He satisfied the crowd with word and food for three days.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 472 markable ways: / a book, bound with twin covers and written in go
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 475 s completing all these things with a benevolent heart, / by Jesus
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 476 ion he did not become swollen with pride. / Therefore he flourish
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 477 flourished, worthily endowed with a deserved choir, / as once di
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 491 e those who were being saved / with liquid water in the name of t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 498 nd terror afflicted her heart with silent whips. / Then the fathe
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 501 round and increased her grief with sobbing. / “Father, do not l
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 505 l-powerful, complete my faith / with your deeds and give a pledge
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 506 redoubled her grieving cries with an insistent complaint. / The
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 508 tation arose. At last, filled with compassion, / the lordly prela
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 512 his face and beat his breast with his hands, / and he summoned u
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 515 ed the child’s cold temples with his hand, / the dead boy moved
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 516 / the dead boy moved his head, with the breath of life restored.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 518 d sang out incomplete songs, / with their voices mixed up with ea
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 519 / At once the boy was baptised with sacred water, giving joy to h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 520 straightaway and carried him with her to feed him. / She was ord
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 523 command / and fled as an exile with her son to the foreign Briton
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 529 ays the English kingdom shone with twin lamps. / The bishops were
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 530 were performing worthy deeds with the support of the king, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 538 o try to break the holy peace with a perverse schism. / The rebel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 545 he slaughtered the defenders with an indomitable sword. / They b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 546 . / They blocked up two rivers with the slain of the enemy, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 547 quadrons returned, overloaded with booty. / They laid waste a wid
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 552 e / peoples who had threatened with an empty pride. No less numer
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 553 ch were at that time swelling with pride; / but the same king laid
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 560 eal for justice. / He travelled with an earnest mind / even among n
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 576 be able to experience palaces with justice. / These things led to
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 581 reparation. / He surrounded it with dark crypts, built in the cur
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 582 he halls, which were overlaid with soft golden colours. / Soon he
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 603 nt weapons, / and he corrupted with infection the weak spouse of
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 605 defiled the heart of the king with a devious wound. / The methods
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 610 fertile land, / noblemen bowing with respect, a rich brood of youn
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 617 e, / and he replaced the father with three men, all with the rank
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 621 ny blot of sin, / he travelled with slow step to his grand, sumpt
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 623 of such great harm / stiffened with fear, and they devised malici
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 632 some people were taunting him with filthy laughter, he said, /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 642 ese things, he returned, / and with a happy heart he visited agai
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 644 hed breasts, / comforting them with soothing words. Meanwhile, a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 648 the father’s good fortune / with tear-filled complaints. Then
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 651 Lord’s steward to be robbed with impunity. / But, by the mercy
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 669 e abundance of much treasure, with bitter rage. / The boastful Efr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 675 ut the wise king / treated them with disdain, tearing up the deadl
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 681 ou provoke the righteous one, with his avenging weapons? / It was
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 687 by the same power; / swiftly, with your husband lost, you yourse
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 689 yer of the crimes of wolves; / with more gentleness you will prov
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 690 fterwards you will follow him with devotion, / and then you will
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 692 ce I have played these things with a hooked scalpel; now, having
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 694 ad now dissolved the icy Alps with its warm heat, / when the happy
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 702 te. / I boarded a shaky dinghy with a few rowers, and in my youth
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 709 offered him an excellent see with a vast purview; / he did not wa
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 713 royal vows: / he arose, taking with him possessions and companion
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 717 igning over those broad lands with much dread. / He received the r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 718 ghteous man and comforted him with a pious love. / After a banque
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 733 they sought the Roman halls / with swift feet.However, Archbisho
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 735 d / reached the Ausonian courts with known approval. / All the citi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 736 e citizens immediately strove with each other to exclaim, “Hur
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 741 ompany of four dozen fathers, with two more joined to them, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 749 ture Italian elders, equipped with the scales of piety, / responde
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 750 he scales of piety, / responded with these words, spoken by an exp
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 759 submitted a document, written with clarity, for the fathers to r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 771 spread and infect the unwary with its unsound sap, / with the wi
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 772 unwary with its unsound sap, / with the wicked man reducing the r
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 775 ep the commands of the master with equal piety, / then all would
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 776 , / then all would be punished with excommunication in the judgem
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 791 is spear, hurled abuse at him / with the filthy mouth of a bishop,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 794 end, a man whom you supported / with your authority.” “Did I d
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 795 nd I wish that I might suffer with joy for the name of Christ.
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 806 ull, marked on their surface / with the official seal. Immediatel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 821 rom the saint, but it was not with impunity / that she acquired su
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 825 hich ought to be sought after with much effort: / “The aged seq
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 845 customary torch came quickly with an envied supply, / while you
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 848 uel prison being illuminated / with bright flames during the nigh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 870 his tightly fastened chains. / With immoderate weeping he sought
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 872 d gift of his piety, / hurried with breathless steps to bring hel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 877 to the blessed man. / Rather, with a keen expression he returned
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 886 demned man in prison be bound with fetters of hard iron, / and he
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 889 nd to tie the threefold ropes with barren labour, / with which the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 890 old ropes with barren labour, / with which they might be able to t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 902 s lively sheep, teaching them / with his tongue and dipping them w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 907 had stolen, / being puffed up with pride in her impiety, vengefu
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 918 the spit of Baal.” / Burning with scorching heat, the king came
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 934 a royal line and was endowed with wealth. / The news of this welc
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 943 op assailing the tranquil man with much terror, / and they used a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 951 ly tormented the great bishop with various disasters; / her cruel
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 970 oothed his heart in every way with sacred words, / and he happily
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 977 noble king also was drenched / with life-giving water. He assigne
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 982 u were poured out by Ciltena, with its woody groves; / you submit
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 990 / You also enriched the bishop with much land. / Happy the banishm
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 994 d fallen in a bloody battle, / with both sides decimated by the s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1012 t the mercies of Christ, and, with their sins forgiven in turn /
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1024 uler,” he wrote to Edilred, with his kinsman, / who had wanted t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1029 er that your majesty, growing with your famous sceptre, / might ke
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1045 dra. / Old fires were rekindled with frequent blows, / and terrible
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1050 as stretching the true plants with various shoots, changing his
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1062 forming the duties from above with much piety. / After such great
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1067 pel / the celibate man to come with hurried step. / He rushed ther
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1070 structed, was quickly smeared with mud and collapsed, / not able
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1086 eader, / he endured the slings with their horrible sounds; his sh
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1088 hey were pressing against him with violent words, / trying to cau
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1093 ation. / He rejoices to put up with his accustomed hardships, but
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1115 as burning more fiercely, and / with their savage efforts they wer
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1119 t pleasant to listen to? / But with a righteous winnowing-fork th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1123 nd committed them to the Lord with breathless prayers. / After th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1125 oarded a ship he had acquired with many rowers. / They passed ove
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1126 ey passed over the gentle sea with their sails balanced, / and th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1138 / where the joyful John shone with the greatest virtue. / The res
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1143 he lay down on the dry earth with his knee bent and poured out
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1144 ious drops of water. Finally, with his holy strength / he drew bac
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1153 turned to the nearby lodgings with slow feet. / Meanwhile, a point
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1155 y of Berthwald rushed to Rome with new documents, / and certainly
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1161 ray, / he presented a document with the lucidity of an unclouded
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1172 me. / See, those who pursue me with their minds in a terrible fre
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1175 proached these precious walls with a grandiose bridle, / nor on a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1176 se bridle, / nor on a dun pony with an adorned saddle-blanket. / N
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1182 rigin of the world has blazed with light, / and wherever the vene
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1186 e and morals of the righteous with malicious coils. / Nevertheles
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1193 / has fed the Christian crowds with much sweetness.” / This was
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1197 stupid people who are raging with a gloomy sadness are acting f
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1207 the marks of Christ consider with us, so that he might not / see
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1213 forty-five years’ service / with a malicious pronouncement? / In
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1217 reality what now he longs for with patient hope. / I say that the
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1218 ay that the one who disagrees with him is acting with complete a
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1220 sacred books and / to be sealed with the usual stamps in the Clean
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1227 ilfrid, / graceful in glory and with many relics of the saints, / l
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1228 ts, / left the Ausonian shores with many companions and sought th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1230 the territories of the Alani with caution, / and at last he reac
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1235 e grieving for their shepherd with cries and with their whole he
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1238 on an unfamiliar bed. / Struck with dread, they feared to wait fo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1245 e mysterious Michael, radiant with a shining face. / The father l
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1252 our years, / I will recall you with a worthy reward; / but strive
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1261 delights of a deceitful age, / with the company you have earned t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1267 the father. / Then, happy and with much confidence, he sought th
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1291 llow the doctrines of Wilfrid with reverence; / and the English n
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1298 ured those who were teachable with the milk of instruction, / and
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1299 became angry toward the lazy with a sober anger, / urging them al
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1307 t depart from them. / However, with the brothers singing back ple
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1309 ored to health, / was suffused with happy breath. Up to this poin
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1310 this point, / I have described with what great sweat he obtained
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1312 en if I were to join my lyre, / with its nine voices, with a melod
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1313 ere to join the seven sisters / with cyclical sweetness, or if I w
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1315 se whom a demon had possessed with a frenzied anger, / he release
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1319 or constricting their chests with catarrh; / he also released tho
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1325 / He accomplished these things with assiduous care. / He perceived
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1330 ould pursue the heavenly life with righteousness. / Why do I dela
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1331 ighteousness. / Why do I delay with these words? / Now I shall rea
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1334 / the monks, who were blessed with a rich endowment of virtues,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1341 l flesh. I will not be united with you in that form any longer,
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1343 urb the cosmic darkness / and, with the appearance of the Lord, t
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1345 y, / who seeks to corrupt minds with enticing shapes. / He suggests
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1347 / then he tricks foolish eyes with beautiful images, / and often
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1348 and often he soothes the ears with pleasing harps; / he offers bo
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1363 dergarment, / which was soaked with the saint’s sweat, / and too
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1369 arment. At last, / sympathising with the wretched woman, who was m
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1371 After this, some men, raving with madness / in their chests, app
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1387 s firmly established forever, with a secure harvest / of grapes, b
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1392 amining the strange teachings with a feeble plectrum. / Now, anoi
N.EadwigBasan.Coloph 5 the scribe. The monk Eadwig, with the surname Basan, wrote this
N.MiraculaNyniae 6 works and dealings granted, / with the honour of his mother’s
N.MiraculaNyniae 11 ples, / as the psalmist, filled with the divine Spirit, / sang in a
N.MiraculaNyniae 41 cessors / and the sacred summit with its apostolic triumphs, / and
N.MiraculaNyniae 47 ther saints, / rightly adorned with eternal triumphs, whom God / h
N.MiraculaNyniae 50 e performed outstanding deeds with his shining merits , / and Chr
N.MiraculaNyniae 51 Christ the king redeemed him with great honour: / for he reached
N.MiraculaNyniae 61 y might receive purple crowns with the coming of Christ. / Prelat
N.MiraculaNyniae 67 the shadow of death, / but he, with piety teaching them, turned t
N.MiraculaNyniae 68 turned them to Christ; / vying with each other, they were all imm
N.MiraculaNyniae 70 ay he sowed the seeds of life with his pious speech, / and then h
N.MiraculaNyniae 73 any places, / which now thrive with an outstanding throng of monk
N.MiraculaNyniae 75 ws. / In this way he instructed with his teaching the furthest kin
N.MiraculaNyniae 79 e to the children of Britain, with the Lord accompanying him,. / T
N.MiraculaNyniae 80 rd took care of his sheepfold with both mind and hand, / and he w
N.MiraculaNyniae 86 e, / where the father, glowing with the splendour of his mind, / s
N.MiraculaNyniae 88 . / This venerable house glows with the merits of Martin: / and the
N.MiraculaNyniae 90 est of Christ / established it with brick walls and a lofty roof,
N.MiraculaNyniae 94 , / and many who are afflicted with long illnesses hasten there, /
N.MiraculaNyniae 98 tly man widely among peoples, with a bright garland; / as his spl
N.MiraculaNyniae 101 ration in the world, sparkled with all merits. / This happy man w
N.MiraculaNyniae 103 his outstanding cradle shines with his sacred deeds. / There was
N.MiraculaNyniae 106 d column stood over his sheep with watchful care, / governing the
N.MiraculaNyniae 110 , / for the good things of life with the distinctions of virtues.
N.MiraculaNyniae 115 ed the loss of his eyes, / and, with his sight extinguished, he wa
N.MiraculaNyniae 121 messenger hastened from there with swift steps / and rushed into
N.MiraculaNyniae 124 and drenched the whole ground with tears; pleading at his feet, /
N.MiraculaNyniae 125 servant of and beseeched him with a groan, / “O, I confess, my
N.MiraculaNyniae 128 he will pay / what he deserves with his death, as my sense does n
N.MiraculaNyniae 132 his, the messenger was filled with a flood of tears / and, fearfu
N.MiraculaNyniae 133 / and, fearfuly filled the air with wailing. / In response to him,
N.MiraculaNyniae 136 o visit your master, carrying with fresh gifts. / Run on ahead of
N.MiraculaNyniae 137 sh gifts. / Run on ahead of me with swift feet, and I shall come;
N.MiraculaNyniae 140 e inner chambers of his lord. / With truthful words he revealed in
N.MiraculaNyniae 147 icted sight of his eyes, / and with God’s confirmation the push
N.MiraculaNyniae 151 mindless frenzy assailed him with a recent report, / bawling and
N.MiraculaNyniae 154 of the nobleman were flowing with teaching, / as he, proclaiming
N.MiraculaNyniae 157 red the hearts of the peoples with pure torrents. / But while he
N.MiraculaNyniae 158 ile he was bedewing believers with bright doctrine, / behold, amo
N.MiraculaNyniae 172 / I shall point out my father with my finger and identify him wi
N.MiraculaNyniae 177 in marriage, / but the priest, with a pure mind, remains chaste i
N.MiraculaNyniae 180 training his throat was bound with a silent knot. / Seeing this,
N.MiraculaNyniae 184 the world, / and he blessed him with countless merits of deeds. / Th
N.MiraculaNyniae 186 enerable power, / redeemed him with the honour of an ever-beautif
N.MiraculaNyniae 190 s sitting / inside at the table with the brothers, by chance thegr
N.MiraculaNyniae 208 gifts to them all, / praising with them the Lord, who works wond
N.MiraculaNyniae 221 surrounded them all likewise with foul madness / until a bull ca
N.MiraculaNyniae 222 s / until a bull came forward, with a mighty bellow. / The bristli
N.MiraculaNyniae 234 / then the pious man went out, with the Holy Spirit going before
N.MiraculaNyniae 236 d that dead man growing cold, with numbed limbs, / the one who pr
N.MiraculaNyniae 255 many men, who were collapsing with various ailments, / to their f
N.MiraculaNyniae 256 nts, / to their former health, with Christ’s healing. / Then the
N.MiraculaNyniae 259 highest priest were tormented with pain, / but though beset by ill
N.MiraculaNyniae 260 / but though beset by illness, with his mind he pierced beyond th
N.MiraculaNyniae 262 e shakes the seething vessels with the force of flame, / and the
N.MiraculaNyniae 266 said these things in order, / with his time completed, his breat
N.MiraculaNyniae 277 of joy, being lofty, together with the highest citizens. / Yet, th
N.MiraculaNyniae 285 in man of the people produced with his wife a son, / deformed in
N.MiraculaNyniae 288 n his weary body. / The wretch with punishment accompanying him c
N.MiraculaNyniae 297 ll on foot. / Carrying the boy with many tears, they entered, / an
N.MiraculaNyniae 298 d sadly moistened their faces with warm floods; / on bended knees
N.MiraculaNyniae 300 ng for the gifts of life, / and with frequent prayers they entreat
N.MiraculaNyniae 306 ore and make the lame one run with relaxed feet.” / So, when i
N.MiraculaNyniae 310 , / and closed the temple doors with a creaking bolt. / After these
N.MiraculaNyniae 312 the shining stars of the sky with darkening shadows from above.
N.MiraculaNyniae 314 e / on the place where inside, with the darkness keeping him in,
N.MiraculaNyniae 319 limbs, / and (amazing to say!) with words he twisted the feet / int
N.MiraculaNyniae 365 lying upon that gift, / cry out with tears and beg for the gifts o
N.MiraculaNyniae 367 woman, lacking light, pleaded with such words / and prayers, and w
N.MiraculaNyniae 368 h such words / and prayers, and with her whole body cast down / she
N.MiraculaNyniae 369 st down / she pressed the earth with her forehead against and lay
N.MiraculaNyniae 374 world. / An outstanding priest, with the venerable name Plecgils, /
N.MiraculaNyniae 375 s, / cultivated a favoured life with righteous moderation. / This m
N.MiraculaNyniae 377 ften to assail / the Thunderer with prayers, and the venerable bo
N.MiraculaNyniae 380 serving Christ he flourished with heavenly virtue. / This man ha
N.MiraculaNyniae 385 and offered gifts to the Lord with a calm heart, / venerating fill
N.MiraculaNyniae 386 calm heart, / venerating filled with fervent love. / On successive d
N.MiraculaNyniae 387 s he was venerating the altar with gifts / and offered pure celeb
N.MiraculaNyniae 388 tions of the Eucharist to God with a chaste heart, / and on many
N.MiraculaNyniae 394 en he begged for this, soaked with bitter tears, / and did not kee
N.MiraculaNyniae 402 Lord, bishop Ninian rested , / with his entombed body, although h
N.MiraculaNyniae 413 oy, filling the cattle-stall / with a thin voice, the one who tur
N.MiraculaNyniae 422 ove the stars of heaven. Gaze with a steady heart on the Thunder
N.MiraculaNyniae 435 g mystical words. / Now, gazing with your eyes, take care to touch
N.MiraculaNyniae 440 es to the holy face, / touching with his lips the most beautiful l
N.MiraculaNyniae 443 he pre-eminent table. / Again, with a scared heart, he pressed hi
N.MiraculaNyniae 450 s funeral, his corpse shone with such signs of his virtues, / a
N.MiraculaNyniae 456 y miracles, / adorned his body with brilliant honour after his de
N.MiraculaNyniae 460 , when he was alive, / beaming with light under heaven he display
N.MiraculaNyniae 462 gs which the faithful request with minds that lack doubt. / This
N.MiraculaNyniae 472 / and piously provided dishes with his venerable words. / He like
N.MiraculaNyniae 480 deserve to be less cherished with great love by the good. / This
N.MiraculaNyniae 490 o meditate on heavenly wisdom with a focused mind; / often he obs
N.MiraculaNyniae 502 udes and peoples, man so good with a teacher’s mouth, / he happ
N.MiraculaNyniae 504 Lord; / now he praises Christ with the sacred choirs there.
N.Nyniae.Hymn 13 m. / Lasting joys she possesses with the honour of virginity, /
N.Nyniae.Hymn 19 he citadel, he gleams, united with those who dwell there, / b
N.Nyniae.Hymn 31 . / Him who was rightly adorned with celestial triumphs, God broug
N.Nyniae.Hymn 32 the sky, him who was adorned with celestial triumphs. / He awaits
N.Nyniae.Hymn 42 as crowned Ninian the priest / with brilliant honour; Christ, in
N.Nyniae.Hymn 49 mystical words in accordance with the royal wish; / the holy
N.Stigand.Inscr 7 cross-reliquary]. Protect us with the sign of this Cross, O Chr
N.Æthelstan.Coloph 21 g in [divine] / love, shining with light, read its excellent div