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100 1 _aPhillipps, Thomas, Sir,
_d1792-1872
245 1 4 _aThe Departing Soul's Address to the Body: A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem :
_bDiscovered Among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2006-11-27
508 _aProduced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
520 _a"The Departing Soul's Address to the Body: A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem" is a historical poem attributed to an unknown author and was published in 1845, likely based on material from the 12th century. This fragment showcases a transition between Anglo-Saxon and Middle English poetry, presenting a moralistic view on life, death, and the consequences of one's earthly actions. The work is grounded in the traditional religious and didactic literature of its time, reflecting themes common in medieval poetry. The poem takes the form of a dialogue between a departing soul and its body, expressing profound lamentation over a life lived in sin and greed. The soul reproaches the body for its earthly desires and failures, elaborating on the inevitable separation that comes with death and the ultimate consequences that await both. The imagery used is somber and vivid, detailing the decay of the body in death, the hollow nature of worldly possessions, and the torment that awaits in the afterlife for those who do not repent. Through this poignant exchange, the poem delves deep into the moral reflections of its era, urging readers to consider the weight of their actions before the final separation of soul and body. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPoetry
700 1 _aSinger, Samuel Weller,
_d1783-1858
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19937
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