And God ros ovght of the est this erth for to spede

And God ros ovght of the est this erth for to spede,
And went into hell as was gret nede,
And toke erth from sorowe þ{i}s erth for to spede,
The ryght wey to heuen blys I{esus} Cryst vs lede!

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Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

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