Project Gutenberg 2006-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 270 Phillipps, Thomas, Sir 1792 1872 Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, bart. Singer, Samuel Weller 1783 1858 Singer, S. W. (Samuel Weller) The Departing Soul's Address to the Body: A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem Discovered Among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral Produced 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.) "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.) Reading ease score: 88.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Poetry PR Text Browsing: Poetry Category: Poetry Category: British Literature Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: Religion/Spirituality 154828 2025-06-08T12:20:55.616685 text/html 133598 2006-12-04T10:25:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 28384 2006-12-04T10:26:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 128104 2025-06-08T12:21:04.301646 application/epub+zip 126205 2025-06-08T12:20:59.669666 application/epub+zip 96248 2025-06-08T12:20:58.168649 application/epub+zip 347416 2025-06-08T12:21:07.351656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343326 2025-06-08T12:21:03.286678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226877 2022-09-09T11:58:47.208539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70186 2025-06-08T12:20:54.566679 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70027 2006-12-04T10:26:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 24875 2006-12-04T10:26:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 70031 2006-12-04T10:25:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24898 2006-12-04T10:26:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 70139 2006-12-04T10:25:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24875 2006-12-04T10:26:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22488 2025-06-08T12:21:07.518626 application/rdf+xml 25343 2025-06-08T12:20:58.756678 image/jpeg 4699 2025-06-08T12:20:58.457679 image/jpeg 126675 2025-06-08T12:20:55.626676 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia