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

                                
                                  & forrþi maȝȝ itt sen to gan
                                
                                  Wiþþ all þatt rihhte weȝȝe
                                
                                  Þatt ledeþþ menn till heoffness ærd,
                                
                                  To sen Drihhtin wiþþ ehne;
                                
                                   [col 136] & whase itt iss þatt hafeþþ her
                                  Line 5720 
                                
                                  Swillc herrte all þwerrt u¯¯t clene,
                                
                                  He shall wiþþ blisse seon Drihhtin,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ·
                                
                                  Þe seoffnde seollþess ædiȝleȝȝc
                                
                                  Iss griþþ i manness herrte,
                                  Line 5725 
                                
                                  Swa þatt illc an unnclene lusst
                                
                                  & illc an ifell wille
                                
                                  Beo trededd dun þurrh lufe off Godd,
                                
                                  & cwennkedd inn hiss herrte,
                                
                                  Swa þatt hiss bodiȝ wiþþ hiss gast
                                  Line 5730 
                                
                                  Sammtale & sahhte wurrþe,
                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ baþe ȝeornenn an
                                
                                  & follȝhenn an wiþþ wille,
                                
                                  Inn all þatt þohht & word & werrc
                                
                                  Þatt all iss Drihhtin cweme.
                                  Line 5735 
                                
                                  & ec þiss seollþe doþ þe mann
                                
                                  Aȝȝ soþ sahhtnesse follȝhenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ god mann & wiþþ ifell mann,
                                
                                  Inn all þatt niss nan sinne;
                                
                                  Forr himm ne birrþ nohht beon all an
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                                  Wiþþ naniȝ mann i sinne;
                                
                                  Forr he ne maȝȝ nohht sinnelæs
                                
                                  Beon bliþe off aniȝ sinne,

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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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