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

                                
                                  All þatt shall ben, forr þatt he shall
                                
                                  Forrhoȝhenn & forrwerrpenn
                                
                                  To cumenn till þe Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                  Line 17770 
                                
                                  To cnawenn & to follȝhenn me
                                
                                  & upponn me to lefenn,
                                
                                  Þatt amm soþ lihht off soþ & rihht,
                                
                                  & off þe rihhte læfe.
                                
                                  & forrþi shulen alle þa
                                  Line 17775 
                                
                                  Þatt sinndenn menn ȝehatenn,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ follȝhenn þeȝȝre flæsh
                                
                                  Inn alle fule lusstess,
                                
                                  & all forrwerrpenn & forrsen
                                
                                  To don þe sawless wille,
                                  Line 17780 
                                
                                  & hatenn all þatt Godd iss lef
                                
                                  & lufenn alle unnþæwess,
                                
                                  & lin i depe sinness aȝȝ
                                
                                  O fele kinne wise,
                                
                                  Þatt sinndenn opennlike inoh
                                  Line 17785 
                                
                                  Þurrh þessterrnesse tacnedd,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt sinness draȝhenn aȝȝ
                                
                                  Till helless þessterrnesse,
                                
                                  & frawarrd heffness lihht & lem
                                
                                  Þa sawless þatt hemm follȝhenn,
                                  Line 17790 
                                
                                  All swa summ he þatt ifell doþ
                                
                                  Aȝȝ fleþ fra daȝȝess leme,
                                
                                  Forr himm iss laþ þatt mann himm se
                                
                                  Inn hise fule dedess,
                                
                                  Forrþi shall all þatt laþe flocc
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                                  Ben demmd till helle pine,

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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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