The Old English Physiologus

Monge sindon geond middangeard / unrīmu cynn, [_þāra_] þe wē æþelu ne magon / ryhte āreccan nē rīm witan;

L162-164;首段以"世间生灵无数,我们无法尽数"开篇,主线索起于宇宙论/动物学。

Is þæt dēor Pandher / bi noman hāten, þæs þe niþþa bear[n], wīsfæste weras, on gewritum cȳþa[_ð_] / bi þām ānstapan.

L175-177;Panther 第一动物主角+古英语头韵体。

Sē is ǣ[_g_]hwām frēond, / duguða ēstig, būtan dracan ānum; / þām hē in ealle tīd / andwrāð leofaþ,

L210-213;首段节奏紧凑,豹子 vs 龙的敌对结构。

Symle, fylle fægen, þonne fōddor þigeð, / æfter þām gereordum ræste sēceð, / dȳgle stōwe under dūnscrafum;

L274-276;古英语头韵体+拉丁化希腊语+基督教道德训诫,Cook 与 Pitman 译注保留。

Swā is Dryhten God, drēama Rǣdend, / eallum ēaðmēde ōþrum gesceaftum, / duguða gehwylcre, būtan dracan ānum, / āttres ordfruman-- þæt is se ealda fēond / þone hē gesǣlde in sūsla grund,

L333-337;8-9 世纪盎格鲁-撒克逊基督教世界+ Alexandrian Physiologus 动物学+基督教精神训诫。

Monge sindon geond middangeard / unrīmu cynn, [_þāra_] þe wē æþelu ne magon / ryhte āreccan nē rīm witan;

L162-164;首段以"世间生灵无数,我们无法尽数"开篇,古英语宇宙论。

PHYSIOLOGUS / TEXT AND PROSE TRANSLATION / BY / ALBERT STANBURROUGH COOK / Professor of the English Language and Literature in Yale University / VERSE TRANSLATION / BY / JAMES HALL PITMAN / NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS / LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD / OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS / MDCCCXXI

L42-58;1921 Yale 大学出版社出版,Cook/Pitman 编辑+英译,Yale Studies in English LXIII。

Uton wē þȳ geornor Gode ōliccan, / firene fēogan, friþes earnian, / duguðe tō Dryhtne, þenden ūs dæg scīne, / þæt swā æþelne eardwīca cyst / in wuldres wlite wunian mōtan. Finit.

L793-798;末段以鹧鸪(Partridge III)残篇+ Finit 收束,古英语残篇式结尾。