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

                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ba forrlurenn Paradis
                                
                                  Þurrh laþ unnherrsummnesse;
                                
                                  & uss birrþ cumenn efft onnȝæn
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                                  Þurrh luffsumm herrsummnesse;
                                
                                  Forr uss birrþ beon fullherrsumm follc
                                
                                  To follȝhenn Godess wille,
                                
                                  & swa we muȝhenn cumenn efft
                                
                                  Onnȝæn wiþþ oþerr weȝȝe.
                                  Line 7510 
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ba forrlurenn Paradys
                                
                                  Þurrh sinnfull grediȝnesse;
                                
                                  & uss birrþ weorelldþingess lusst
                                
                                  Forrbuȝhenn & forrwerrpenn,
                                
                                  & uss birrþ follȝhenn mett & mæþ
                                  Line 7515 
                                
                                  I claþess & i fode,
                                
                                  Forr swa to cumenn efft onnȝæn
                                
                                  Till Paradisess riche
                                
                                  Wiþþ all an oþerr kinness lif,
                                
                                  Þatt iss, wiþþ oþerr weȝȝe.
                                  Line 7520 
                                
                                  Þeȝȝ ba forrlurenn Paradys
                                
                                  Þurrh hefiȝ modinesse;
                                
                                  & uss birrþ follȝhenn soþ meocleȝȝc
                                
                                  Wiþþ bodiȝ & wiþþ herrte.
                                
                                  Uss birrþ lætenn unnorneliȝ
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                                  & litell off uss sellfenn,
                                
                                  & lætenn wel off oþre menn,
                                
                                  & lutenn hemm & lefftenn;
                                
                                  & swa we muȝhenn cumenn efft
                                
                                  Onnȝæn wiþþ oþerr weȝȝe
                                  Line 7530 
                                
                                  Till ure land i Paradys,
                                
                                  Þurrh soþ meocnessess lade.

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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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