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

                                
                                  Þatt lif þatt iss i muneclif
                                
                                  Iss shadd fra ȝure swinnkess,
                                  Line 6295 
                                
                                  & itt iss all an oþerr lif
                                
                                  & hehhre lif & bettre;
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þatt itt iss haldenn rihht
                                
                                  Itt addleþþ mare mede;·
                                
                                   [col 155] Þatt mann þatt ledenn shall þiss lif
                                  Line 6300 
                                
                                  Þatt we nu mælenn umbe,
                                
                                  Himm birrþ beon inn hiss herrte meoc,
                                
                                  & soffte, & stille, & milde,
                                
                                  & buhsum till hiss alderrmann
                                
                                  Þatt hafeþþ himm to gætenn,
                                  Line 6305 
                                
                                  To follȝhenn all hiss will þwerrt u¯¯t
                                
                                  Inn all þatt niss nan sinne;
                                
                                  Forr niss nan herrsummnesse sett
                                
                                  Þurrh Godd, ne þurrh hiss lefe,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn aniȝ manness will
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                                  Inn aniȝ kinne sinne;
                                
                                  Forr birrþ þe nowwþerr sinne don
                                
                                  Forr lufe, ne forr eȝȝe.
                                
                                  & tæroff comm þe marrtirdom
                                
                                  Bitwenenn Godess hallȝhenn;
                                  Line 6315 
                                
                                  Forr ær þeȝȝ wolldenn þolenn dæþ
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle kinne pine,
                                
                                  œr þann þeȝȝ wolldenn gilltenn ohht
                                
                                  Onnȝæness Godess wille.
                                
                                  & himm þatt ledenn shall þiss lif
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                                  Þatt we nu mælenn ummbe,

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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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