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The Seafarer §58-64a

Edited by Tarrin Wills

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Forþon nu min hyge hweorfeð ofer hreþerlocan, min modsefa mid mereflode ofer hwæles eþel hweorfeð wide, eorþan sceatas, cymeð eft to me gifre ond grædig, gielleð anfloga, hweteð on hwælweg hreþer unwearnum ofer holma gelagu. 

Now, therefore, my thought turns beyond the enclosure of my heart, my mind travels widely with the ocean tide over the whale’s home, earth’s expanses, comes back to me ravenous and greedy, the lone flier calls, urges the spirit irresistibly along the whale-path over the waters of oceans.

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