Someday some decades hence when fate shall draw me I'll find some earth befriended by my friend with barefoot blessings carefull and unhurried her hands ungloved her soft white hair unworried her own fair face of guile at last set free. A grey old friend I'll greet her in that garden but wait there first a while without a word with feet as bare as hers an old vow filling to watch the work of one at last now willing to be the beauty God would have her be.

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Cædmon's Hymn

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Cædmon's Hymn text from Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Difficult as we may find this earliest hymn ever written in
English, it would be inappropriate to attempt translation.
For this reason, I thought it best to provide a word for word
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LXX text of Exodus 3:5

Hebrew text of Exodus 3:5 Moses at the burning bush SOLVE CALCIAMENTVM DE PEDIBUS TVIS LOCVS ENIM IN QVO STAS TERRA SANCTA EST
Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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