Betwēonan þām twām līchamum stent se stān stilnesse, eald swā se ēabotm, gesmēþod þurh gēar wæteres þe fōr and siþþan onbæc wēoll, and læfde þā laga gesewene bām tō sēonne ac nā tō nemnenne. Hīe standaþ, nā hrīnende, under heofone þe þā sunnan forgiet, bewrogene on stilnesse morgens þe gȳt ne dēmde hwæþer hē wolde rīnan oþþe clǣnsian. Se weg þe hīe ǣr tōgædere trædon is se lane bæftan rǣwe hūsa þǣr se mist wunaþ ēac æfter dægrēd, þǣr sēo lyft is þicce mid stence wǣtes stānhīwes and ungefylledra sprǣca. Word onginnaþ on brēoste and dwinnaþ æt weolorum, forsweolgene þurh þā stilnesse þe eall bewrīhþ, þā wolcnu hangende lāg, þā unbīgendan rǣwe culfrena, þā hrōf gaderiende gemynd nihtes drysme.
On ealdre byrig bīegaþ brycga ofer canālas gȳt ungenumene þurh sumeres edlǣcunge, heora brerdas gemearcode þurh bōtas wegfarenda þe stillodon ac ne wunodon. Hēr mētton lufiend ǣr on tīde þonne þæs bæceres scȳfelsas hlinodon opene, and se stenc rygen hlāfes drāf mid cyle. Nū standaþ twēgen æt gelændre, handa behȳdede on poccum wyllena roca, and lōciaþ on wæter þe nāþer heora andwlitan ne heora stefna eft tō him berþ. Se canāl hielt ānum þone dimman scīman gegotenes īseres, þæt stȳl forgitenra hweogula geracentegodra tō gelændrum, þone dimman glēam ēastāna þe þone ryne sēadaþ. Sēo woruld streceþ ūtweard, ungewis, swā hēo bīde æfter gebēacnunge þe nǣfre cymþ.
On myþe Selene and Endymion fealþ niht swā hwītel, līþe and þicce, and tēah þone horizont nēah. Ac þonne langung ne biþ gemēt mid cēose, wunaþ niht unbrocen, lāglicgende mist æt ecge felda, hnesciende ūtlīnan ǣlces trēowes and hegges oþ nān þing ne sīe fullīce gewis. Þā lufiend weorþaþ scēadwa gangende þurh morgenmist mōra, þǣr scēap hōfiaþ wiþ winde and eall biþ āswefed, wull, stānweallas, and se feorra clip hyrdes hwistle. Þǣr is frōfor on cūþre hefignesse sūteres ælle, on anfiltēs cōlum brerde, on stilnesse rēnes wiþ slatenum hrōfum. Sēo woruld weorca and cræfta, spinnunge, bōtunge, sciepinge, bēodeþ þā gewisnesse gewunan betwēonan ungewisnesse heortan.
On bēode innan, wiþ heorþe, sitt eald spelteren cuppe, handfæc gebīged þurh gēar brūces, healdende þā gewæctan lēaf tēas geweaxenes þǣr þā wolcnu nǣfre ūp hebbāþ. Se hlāf þæs morgens, tōsliten ac uneten, resteþ wiþ seaxe þæs ecg scīnþ ānum þǣr hēo þynne is gesliten. Þæt fȳr is behroden mid acxan, and se catt wielþ bufan gefealdodum wyllenum hwītle, and sēo stilnes his orþes gemengþ wiþ þæs cloccas līþan ticce, fæstne, āþoliendne, ac nǣfre hrædende. Eall bīdeþ. Eall is sēo stilnes ǣr sprǣce, se rūm betwēonan gebēacnunge and andsware.
Tōdæg gā þone lane æfter rēne and hlyst æfter þǣre stilnesse þe fylgþ ǣlcum fōtstæpe on wǣtum stāne. Bewind þē on wyllenum scēarfe oþþe rest mid bēce under slāwre hweorfunge þæs heofones būtan þīnum ēagþȳrele. Heald cuppan gewearmode þurh strongne tēa oþþe coffe, and gefēl hū his brerd þīnum handum gedafenaþ. Ber molde of ēaofe on roc poccan, lȳtel mynegung stilnesse and andweardnesse.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Græg.
Lucky Color: Gray — #808080Þǣre ēa stilnes, and þæs nīwan morgens swīge, and þæs stānes stilla geþyld, wuniaþ mid þē.