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

                                
                                  Hiss aȝhenn bodiȝ wiþþ hiss gast
                                
                                  Sammtale inn alle gode,
                                
                                  & iss swa tacnedd þurrh þatt der
                                
                                  Þatt wass i kallfess like;
                                
                                  Forr kallf wass offredd Godd to lac
                                  Line 6040 
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come,
                                
                                   [col 149] Amang þatt Judewisshe þeod
                                
                                  Þatt ta wass Godd full cweme.
                                
                                  & god man georneþþ aȝȝ occ aȝȝ
                                
                                  Affterr hiss lifess ende,
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                                  & aȝȝ himm langeþþ heþennwarrd
                                
                                  & upp till heoffness blisse;
                                
                                  Forr all hiss lufe & all hiss lusst
                                
                                  Iss naȝȝledd upp inn heoffne,
                                
                                  Swa þatt he þwerrt u¯¯t all forrseoþ
                                  Line 6050 
                                
                                  Þiss weorelldþingess sellþe,
                                
                                  & all hiss herrte fleȝheþþ upp
                                
                                  & all forrwerrpeþþ eorþe,
                                
                                  & iss swa tacnedd þurrh þatt deor
                                
                                  Þatt wass inn ærness like;
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                                  Forr ærn maȝȝ fleȝhenn i þe lifft
                                
                                  Full heȝhe towarrd heoffne,
                                
                                  & tacneþþ wel þatt gode mann
                                
                                  Þatt ȝeorneþþ upp to Criste.
                                
                                  Þuss wærenn þurrh þa fowwre deor
                                  Line 6060 
                                
                                  Þa fowwre menn bitacnedd,
                                
                                  Þatt writenn off þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Goddspell o fowwre bokess.

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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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