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

                                
                                  Þa ȝeornesst tu þatt weorelldþing
                                
                                  Onnȝæn Drihhtiness wille,
                                
                                  & mare iss þe þæroff þatt þing
                                
                                  Þann off Drihhtiness wille,
                                
                                  & bett tu lætesst off þatt þing
                                  Line 4660 
                                
                                  Þann off Drihhtiness wille,
                                
                                  & mare lufesst tu þatt þing
                                
                                  Þann ohht off Godess wille,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þe iss lef to winnenn itt
                                
                                  Onnȝæn Drihhtiness wille.
                                  Line 4665 
                                
                                  Loc nu þe sellf hu ferr þu gast
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe rihhte weȝȝe,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu lufesst weorelldþing
                                
                                  To winnenn ohht wiþþ sinne;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu winnesst weorelldþing
                                  Line 4670 
                                
                                  Onnȝæn Drihhtiness wille,
                                
                                  Þa turrnesst tu þe frawarrd Godd,
                                
                                  & towarrd eorþlic ahhte,
                                
                                  & swa forrwerrpesst tu þin Godd,
                                
                                   [col 116] & haldesst wiþþ þatt ahhte.
                                  Line 4675 
                                
                                  Loc nu ȝiff þatt tu narrt rihht wod
                                
                                  & all wittess bidæledd,
                                
                                  Þatt willt forrlesenn þin Drihhtin
                                
                                  & all þe blisse off heoffne,
                                
                                  Forr þatt tu muȝhe winnenn her
                                  Line 4680 
                                
                                  Wiþþ sinne summwhatt littless;
                                
                                  Þohh þatt tu mihhtess winnenn her
                                
                                  All middellærdess riche,

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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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