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

                                
                                  & clennsedd all þwerrt u¯¯t swa wel
                                
                                  Off iwhillc unnclænnesse,
                                
                                  Þatt næfre ma ne shall itt ben
                                
                                  O nane wise filedd
                                
                                  Fra þeþennforþ, fra Domess daȝȝ,
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                                  Fra þatt itt wurrþeþþ clennsedd
                                
                                  & ummbeshorenn þurrh Drihhtin
                                
                                  I bodiȝ & i sawle,
                                
                                  Uppo þe lattste daȝȝ þatt uss
                                
                                  Þehhtennde daȝȝ bitacneþþ,
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                                  Forr all þiss middellærdess ald
                                
                                  Bi seffne daȝhess erneþþ,
                                
                                  Þehhtennde daȝȝ iss Domess daȝȝ
                                
                                  Þa Cristess hird shall wurrþenn
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess are & þurrh ærist
                                  Line 15050 
                                
                                  Off alle sinness clennsedd,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu þurrh gastlike witt
                                
                                  Sest tiss & unnderrstanndesst,
                                
                                  Þa takesst tu gastlike witt
                                
                                  Off staffliȝ witeȝhunnge,
                                  Line 15055 
                                
                                  & drinnkesst ta þatt win þatt iss
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe waterr wharrfedd,
                                
                                  Þatt win þatt turrnenn maȝȝ þi þohht
                                
                                  Þurrh gastliȝ drunnkennesse
                                
                                  All fra þe werrldess lufe & lusst
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                                  & fra þe flæshess wille,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn aȝȝ anwherrfeddleȝȝc
                                
                                  To winnenn heffness blisse.
                                
                                  Þa fe¯¯tless wærenn alle off stan
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn tacnenn,

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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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