Þenne lasned þe loȝ lowkande togeder.
After harde dayez wern out on hundreth and fyfte,
As þat lyftande lome luged aboute
Where þe wynde and þe weder warpen hit wolde,
Line 444
Hit saȝtled on a softe day synkande to grounde;
On a rasse of a rok, hit rest at þe laste,
On þe mounte of Mararach of Armene hilles,
Þat oþerwayez on Ebru hit hat þe Thanes.
Line 448
Bot þaȝ þe kyste in þe cragez wer[e] closed to byde, [MS., wern; Sk. wer[e]; Schwahn (p. 26) wer enclosed, but cf. 379.]
Ȝet fyned not þe flod, ne fel to þe boþemez;
Bot þe hyȝest of þe eggez unhuled wern a lyttel, [MS., M. wern; Sk. were.]
Þat þe burne bynne borde byhelde þe bare erþe. [M. 1 lorde, M. 2 borde, cf. 467.]
Line 452
Þenne wafte he upon his wyndowe, and wysed þeroute
A message fro þat meyny hem moldez to seche:
Þat watz þe raven so ronk, þat rebel watz ever;
He watz colored as þe cole, corbyal untrwe. [MS., M., Sk. corbyal; G. and E. suggest corby al.]
Line 456
And he fongez to þe flyȝt and fannez on þe wyndez,
H[o]vez hyȝe upon hyȝt to herken tyþyngez. [M., Sk. hoveȝ, but second letter blurred, perhaps second stroke of o omitted: MS. tyþyngeȝ; M. tyþynges.]
He croukez for comfort when carayne he fyndez
Kast up on a clyffe þer costese lay drye;
Line 460
He hade þe smelle of þe smach and smoltes þeder sone, [MS., M. smoltes; Sk. smolte, following M.'s suggestion in Glossary.]
Fallez on þe foule flesch and fyllez his wombe,
And sone ȝederly forȝete ȝisterday steven,
How þe chevetayn hym charged þat þe kyst ȝemed. [MS., M., Sk. kyst; Fi. (p. 42) and Sch. (p. 169) would read chyst for alliteration, but elsewhere form always kyst (see Glossary and Introd., p. lvii, n. 2).]
Line 464
Þe raven raykez hym forth, þat reches ful lyttel
How alle fodez þer fare, ellez he fynde mete;
