| Title : | Ice | |||||
| Poet : | Anon | |||||
| Date : | 12 Jul 1999 | |||||
| 1stLine: | The wave, over the w... | |||||
| Length : | 3 | Text-only version | ||||
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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)
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translated by Michael Alexander. Old English alliterative verse - I just love it. thomas.