De Natura Rerum - Ald-Englisc

Esong 2

 * Swete biþ þonne feorre wind yþa drefð
 * Fram eorðan oðrum gewæccan,
 * Nateshwon forþæm þe lustful biþ
 * Æghwæm oðres on nydþearfnesse seon,
 * Ac forþæm swete biþ lacnian
 * On gehwilc yfelweorc þu aspetst.


 * Eac swete biþ greata hilda wacian
 * Æt campum abræden leas þinre dælnæme,
 * Ac naþing swetra biþ þonne sittan
 * Stillum cyricum, wela nered,
 * Of witena þeahte arisen.


 * On oðrum þærfram cunne þu oflacnian,
 * Æghwanon wandrian seon,
 * Eac weg ierres lifes secan
 * Andgietan feohtan and æðela plegan
 * Niht and dagas þinga wealdan campian,
 * And to hiehstum ypplenum clymman.


 * O iermðu gehygde manna, o heorte-blindnesse !
 * On gehwilce gefaru and hu fela þrosm
 * On þysum nearan tide gelifed !
 * Ne siehst þu æðelu hire sylfum naþing wille,
 * Ac þe lichaman lað ne sie,
 * And ieðnesse andgietena,
 * And angnesse feorre eac !