by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

The life of this world
Language: English 
The life of this world
is ruled with wind,
weeping, darkness
and stirring.
With wind we blowen,
with wind we lassen;
with weeping we comen,
with weeping we passen.
With stirring we beginnen,
with stirring we enden,
with dread we dwellen,
with dread we wenden.

Anonymous Middle English poetry

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