 | Mansoul or The Riddle of the World |  |
Unsparred the Minster gates,
They seeing us to approach; the holy women,
Singing, in garments white, praises to Heaven;
They seeing us to approach; the holy women,
Singing, in garments white, praises to Heaven;
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Sith set a watch and loosed the cattle out;
We herded in the field, till evensong.
When driven the neat home lowing to their stalls,
And led the sheep to pen, we came again;
To worship sup and rest, in Ábbey walls.
We herded in the field, till evensong.
When driven the neat home lowing to their stalls,
And led the sheep to pen, we came again;
To worship sup and rest, in Ábbey walls.
| Mansoul or The Riddle of the World | |