. Pearl, an English poem of the XIVth century: . 3er glory & blysse schal eufr encresTo fe meyny fat is wj^tA-outen mote. 9*° Motelej may so meke & mylde, ])en sayde I to fat lufly flor, Bryng me to fat bygly bylde, & let me se fy blysful bor. 9^4 )3at schene sayde :- )3at God wyl schylde; )3ou may not enter wyth-inne hys tor ; Bot of fe Lombe I haue fe aquylde For a sy^t fer-of furj gret fauor. 9^^ Vt-wyth to se fat clene cloystorJjou may, bot in-wyth not a foteTo strech in fe strete fou hatj no vygour,Bot fou wer clene wytA-outen mote. 97*. From Cotton MS. Nero A. x., Illustrating ll. 961-72
. Pearl, an English poem of the XIVth century: . 3er glory & blysse schal eufr encresTo fe meyny fat is wj^tA-outen mote. 9*° Motelej may so meke & mylde, ])en sayde I to fat lufly flor, Bryng me to fat bygly bylde, & let me se fy blysful bor. 9^4 )3at schene sayde :- )3at God wyl schylde; )3ou may not enter wyth-inne hys tor ; Bot of fe Lombe I haue fe aquylde For a sy^t fer-of furj gret fauor. 9^^ Vt-wyth to se fat clene cloystorJjou may, bot in-wyth not a foteTo strech in fe strete fou hatj no vygour,Bot fou wer clene wytA-outen mote. 97*. From Cotton MS. Nero A. x., Illustrating ll. 961-72. PEARL. 83 Of these twain spots to speak aright,and yet hight both Jerusalem,-which, know thou, meaneth nothing elsebut City of God, or Sight of Peace,—in the one, our peace one time was made;the Lamb chose there to suffer pain ;in the other is nought but peace to glean,that aye shall last unceasingly. This is the bourne whereto we press,soon as our flesh is laid to waste;there glory and bliss shall eer increaseunto the host without a spot. Spotless maid, so meek and mild,then said I to that flower full fair, bring me to that blest abode,and let me see thy blissful glory said : God this forbiddeth ;within His tower thou mayst not come;but from the Lamb I welcome theeto a sight thereof, by His great cloister clean mayst see without;within—thy vigour availeth notto enter in its street one foot,save thou wert clean in spotlessness. 84 PERLE. § XVII. LXXXII. f- 52* « y F I fis mote \>e schal vn-hyde, X Bow
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