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

                                
                                  & lufenn himm, & follȝhenn himm,
                                
                                  & herrcnenn hise spelless,
                                
                                  & iwhillc an birrþ milde beon
                                
                                  & follhsumm towarrd oþerr.
                                  Line 7750 
                                
                                  & swa we muȝhenn alle imæn
                                
                                  Þe lambess bisne follȝhenn;
                                
                                  Forr lamb iss soffte & stille deor,
                                
                                  & liþe & meoc & milde,
                                
                                  & itt cann cnawenn swiþe wel
                                  Line 7755 
                                
                                  Hiss moderr þær ȝho blæteþþ,
                                
                                  Bitwenenn an þusennde shep
                                
                                  Þohh þatt teȝȝ blætenn alle.
                                
                                  & uss birrþ all swa cnawenn Godd
                                
                                  Bitwenenn alle shaffte,
                                  Line 7760 
                                
                                  & uss birrþ witenn whatt iss Godd,
                                
                                  & whatt iss Godess shaffte,
                                
                                  & all hu mann birrþ þeowwtenn Godd
                                
                                  Himm ane, & nohht hiss shaffte.
                                
                                  Þiss birrþ uss unnderrstanndenn all,
                                  Line 7765 
                                
                                  Þatt ure nan ne þurrfe
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe rihhte weȝȝe gan
                                
                                  Wiþþ dede, ne wiþþ trowwþe.
                                
                                  Þe laffdiȝ lac wass litell lac
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt ȝho wass wædle,
                                  Line 7770 
                                
                                  Acc itt wass god biforenn Godd,
                                
                                  Forr ȝho wass Godd full cweme;
                                
                                  & itt bitacneþþ mikell þing,
                                
                                  Þatt uss. . . . .
                                
                                  Cullfre ne lifeþþ nohht bi flessh,
                                  Line 7775 
                                
                                  Ne bi nan þing þatt deȝeþþ,

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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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