May He set me where always in after time I shall dwell in glory with God's chosen ones In delights everlasting. May the Lord be my friend, 145 Who came to earth and of old on the cross Suffered and sorrowed for the sins of men. He broke there our bonds and bought for us life And a heavenly home. The hearts were now filled With blessings and bliss, which once burned with remorse. 150 To the Son was his journey successful and joyful And crowned with triumph, when he came with his troops, With his gladsome guests into God's kingdom, The Almighty Judge's, and brought joy to the angels, And the host of the holy who in heaven before 155 Dwelt in glory when their God arrived, The Lord Most High, at his home at last. 39. The lines that follow appear with some changes on the Ruthwell Cross in Dumfriesshire. 44. This and the following line form the basis of an inscription on a reliquary containing a cross preserved in the Cathedral at Brussels. JUDITH [Critical edition: Cook, _Judith_, Boston, 1904. Translation: _Hall, Judith, Phoenix and Other Anglo-Saxon Poems._ Manuscript: The same as the one containing _Beowulf_. It was injured by a fire in 1731. It had been printed by Thwaites in 1698 before the injury. Authorship and date: The mixture of dialect forms seems to indicate that a northern original passed through one or more hands and that at least the last scribe belonged to the late West Saxon period. Cook thinks that it is not earlier than about 825 nor later than 937, and that it is possibly by Cynewulf. Source: Apocryphal book of Judith.] 1. The Feast