Excerpt from Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

I have thrown into the following note a few more specimens from Wanley's Catalogue, illustrative of the positions suggested in the text. The first and second will afford also an entertaining example of the fondness shown by our Saxon ancestors for introducing into their com positions the few Greek phrases with which they were acquainted.

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