Wær geath thie werold? - Ald-Englisc

Woruld geærendaþ and hine losaþ. Menn syndon gecarcærned æt heorum rotum þe hie ablindað ; hie þencað to æghwæm þe ne biþ nateshwon eallwyrðige ; anlice seoð heora lif æfter þæra carcernþeostra þe hie neahweste habbað haten. Ac hwær gæþ neahweste? Hwæt is toweardnesse anra neahweste þe hire tunscipe ne glæd dæþ? Hwæt neahwest gewisse ablintt hire ricewara mid lustbærum gedwimorum swa þæt hie swa sceap handhafabær weorðen? Habbað menn heora ealde geleafan and heora ealde cræftas swa forgieten? Ac hwær gæst þu mann? Ac hwær gæþ neahweste? Ac hwær gæþ worulde?

Mann, þu hæfst þe sylfa forloren, þu hæfst hit þe þu cenedest eall forgieten. To cierrenne on rihtum wege most þu forgietan þæt þe þu þencest gewitan, and þonne most þu gangan to dygolnesse.