XXIV. THE PHCĒNIX. 16?
yldu nē yrmðu, nē sē ęnga dēað,
nē īīfes lyre, nē lāþes cyme,
nē synn nē sacu, nē sārwracu,1
nē wǽdle gewin, nē welan onsŷn, [55]
5 nē sorg nē slǽp, nē swār leger,
nē wintergeweorp, nē wedra gebregd
hrēoh under heofonum,1 nē sē hearda forst
calduin cylegicelum cnyseð ǽnigne.
pǽr nē hægl nē hrīm hrēosað to foldan, [60]

io nē windig wolcen, ne þǽr wæter fealleþ
lyfte gebysgad; ac þǽr lagustrēamas,
wundrum wrǽtlīce wyllan onspringað,
fægrum flōdwylmum2 foldan lęccaþ,
wæter wynsumu of þæs wuda midle, [65]

15 þā mōnþa gehwām of þǽre moldan tyrf
brimcald brecað, bearo ealne geondfarað
þrāgum þrymlīce: is þæt pēodnes gebod
þætte twęlf sīþum þæt tīrfæste
Içnd geondlāce laguflōda wynn. • [70]

20 Sindon þā bearwas blēdum geliqngne 8
wlitigum wæstmum : þǽr ne4 waniaðB ō
hālge under heofonum holtes frætwe,
nē feallað þǽr on foldan fealwe blōstman,
wudubēama wlite; ac þǽr wrǽtlīce • [75]

25 on þām trēowum symle telgan gehladene,
ofett ediiīwe in ealle tīd,
on þām græswçnge grēne stondað,
gehroden hyhtlīce Hāliges meahtum
beorhtast bearwa. No gebrocen weorðeð [80]

30 holt on hiwe, þǽr sē hālga stęnc
1 MS., sar wracu. 2 MS., fold-; Grein.
8 MS., gahongene. 4 MS., no; Sweet.
6 MS., wunia^; Thorpe.