The Wanderer's lord has died and left the Wanderer alone, friendless, without a place. His only comfort comes in dreams (1624:36-38). (He speaks of his own experience in the third person, still retaining some reticence.) About line 55, he begins to talk of death. In 1624:59-68, he describes a wise man. In this culture, a wise man is one who is patient and restrained. There is no hint of the kind of spiritual endeavor which Bhartrihari (for one example) speaks of. The Wanderer's spirituality, his view of life's meaning, is summed up in the lines, "Wretchedness fills the realm of earth, / And fates decrees transform the world" (1625:98-99). This is the Wanderer's last word on life, and it is hardly Christian. It much more expresses northern European paganism. (I'm using "Christian" and "pagan" descriptively and not judgmentally.) The first voice then comes back with six lines that agree with some of what the Wanderer has said (a man "must never too quickly unburden his breast" [l. 105]), but essentially changes the

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Approximate Word count = 686
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)