[145] Ice

Title : Ice
Poet : Anon
Date : 12 Jul 1999
1stLine: The wave, over the w...
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Ice
The wave, over the wave, a weird thing I saw,
through-wrought, and wonderfully ornate:
a wonder on the wave --- water become bone.

    -- Anon., (Old English, 10th century)


translated by Michael Alexander.

Old English alliterative verse - I just love it.

thomas.