The Kentish Hymn
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Wuton wuldrian weorada dryhten
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halgan hlioðorcwidum, hiofenrices weard,
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lufian liofwendum, lifes agend,
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and him simle sio sigefest wuldor
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uppe mid ænglum, and on eorðan sibb
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gumena gehwilcum goodes willan.
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We ðe heriað halgum stefnum
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and þe blætsiað, bilewit feder,
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and ðe þanciað, þioda walden,
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ðines weorðlican wuldordreames
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and ðinra miclan mægena gerena,
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ðe ðu, god dryhten, gastes mæhtum
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hafest on gewealdum hiofen and eorðan,
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an ece feder, ælmehtig god.
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ðu eart cyninga cyningc cwicera gehwilces,
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ðu eart sigefest sunu and soð helend
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ofer ealle gesceft angla and manna.
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ðu, dryhten god, on dreamum wunast
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on ðære upplican æðelan ceastre,
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frea folca gehwæs, swa ðu æt fruman wære
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efeneadig bearn agenum fæder.
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ðu eart heofenlic lioht and ðæt halige lamb,
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ðe ðu manscilde middangeardes
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for þinre arfestnesse ealle towurpe,
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fiond geflæmdest, follc generedes,
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blode gebohtest bearn Israela,
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ða ðu ahofe ðurh ðæt halige triow
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ðinre ðrowunga ðriostre senna,
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þæt ðu on hæahsetle heafena rices
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sitest sigehræmig on ða swiðran hand
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ðinum godfæder, gasta gemyndig.
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Mildsa nu, meahtig, manna cynne,
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and of leahtrum ales ðine ða liofan gesceft,
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and us hale gedo, heleða sceppend,
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niða nergend, for ðines naman are.
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ðu eart soðlice simle halig,
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and ðu eart ana æce dryhten,
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and ðu ana bist eallra dema
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cwucra ge deadra, Crist nergende,
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forðan ðu on ðrymme ricsast and on ðrinesse
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and on annesse, ealles waldend,
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hiofena heahcyninc, haliges gastes
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fegere gefelled in fæder wuldre.
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