The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                
                                  Þa mihht tu lakenn swa þin Godd
                                
                                   [col 42] Gastlike i þine þæwess
                                
                                  Wiþþ lac, þatt all þwerrt u¯¯t beoþ brennd
                                  Line 1620 
                                
                                  Drihhtin to lo˘fe & wurrþe,
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt beoþ þe rihht inoh
                                
                                  To winnenn Godess are.
                                
                                  Forr þu ne mihht nohht ledenn her
                                
                                  Na bettre lif onn eorþe,
                                  Line 1625 
                                
                                  Þann iss þatt tu þweorrt u¯¯t forrse,
                                
                                  & all þwerrt u¯¯t forrwerrpe
                                
                                  All weorelldlike lif & lusst,
                                
                                  & fle fra menn till wesste,
                                
                                  & tær wiþþ harrd & haliȝ lif
                                  Line 1630 
                                
                                  Beo ȝeorrnfull Crist to cwemenn.
                                
                                  Forr swillc lif iss all þwerrt u¯¯t dæd
                                
                                  Fra weorelldshipess lusstess,
                                
                                  & itt iss turrnedd all þurrh fir
                                
                                  Off soþfasst lufe o Criste
                                  Line 1635 
                                
                                  Till dusst, forrþi þatt swillke menn
                                
                                  Soþfasst meocnesse follȝhenn.
                                
                                  & aȝȝ wass sallt wiþþ iwhillc lac,
                                
                                  Forr þatt itt shollde tacnenn,
                                
                                  Þatt all þatt tu willt offrenn Godd,
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                                  Ȝiff þatt itt shall himm cwemenn,
                                
                                  All birrþ itt offredd ben wiþþ skill,
                                
                                  & all wiþþ luffsumm heorrte,
                                
                                  Swa þatt itt be clennlike don,
                                
                                  Off rihhtbiȝetenn ahhte,

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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