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Quotation from The Dream of the Rood by Anonymous

“May the Lord be my friend, Who here on earth suffered before On the gallows-tree for the sins of man!”

Anonymous (spoken by The Dreamer)

The Dream of the Rood, Lines 144-146, trans. James M. Garnett (1889)

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The dreamer's closing prayer, turning the heroic vocabulary of lord and friend toward Christ.

Citation: "May the Lord be my friend, Who here on earth suffered before On the gallows-tree for the sins of man!" — Anonymous, The Dream of the Rood, Lines 144-146, trans. James M. Garnett (1889). (id the-dream-of-the-rood-q7)

Portrait: The Dream of the Rood, On Being, Public domain.

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