God walkyd in erth as longe as he wolde

God walkyd in erth as longe as he wolde,
He had not in this erth but hong{er} & colde,
And in this erth also his body was solde,
Her{e} in this erth, whan þ{a}t he was xxx^ti [gh]er{e} olde.

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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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