Bede's Death Song

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Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthitthoncsnotturra than him tharf sieto ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongaehuaet his gastae godaes aeththa yflaesaefter deothdaege doemid uueorthae.

[MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Before the unavoidable journey there, no one becomes wiser in thought than him who, by need, ponders, before his going hence, what good and evil within his soul, after his day of death, will be judged.]

© Bede The Venerable