Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden

Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden,
Erþ toward erþ wormes to feden;
Erþ b{er}riþ to erþ al is lif deden;
When erþ is i{n} erþe, heo muntid þi meden.
When erþ is i{n} erþe, þe rof is on þe chynne;
Þan schullen an hu{n}dred wormes wroten on þe skin.

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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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