For with His simple and pure understanding, He piercethinto our inmost and purest parts, which from His, as it were by a water pipe and channel, first flowed and issued.
Now what a sunbeam is, thou mayest know if thou observe the light of the sun, when through some narrow hole it pierceth into some room that is dark.
Your fair two eyes will slay me suddenly, I know not how to bear their beauty's sheen It pierceth all my heart athrough so keen.
Your fair two eyes will slay me suddenly, I know not how to bear their beauty's sheen, It pierceth all my heart athrough so keen.
Its showery, arrowy, speary sleet pierceth one thro' and thro', Pierceth one to the very bone.
And you may easily perceive this, if you but consider that he is an infinite Spirit, that pierceth into all the corners of our hearts, and hath all the darkness of it as light before him.
The other, that was of great might, leapeth back into the saddle-bows and smiteth the King upon the boss of his shield so that the burning point pierceth the shield and the sleeve of his habergeon and runneth the sharp iron into his arm.
With that he smiteth the knight upon his shield with such a sweep that he maketh him lose one of his stirrups and pierceth his shield above the boss, and passeth beyond full speed.
King Arthur is not idle, but pierceth shields and beateth in helms, the while all look on in wonderment at him and Messire Gawain.
Meliant of the Waste Manor searcheth for Lancelot in the midst of the stour until he findeth him, and runneth upon him right sturdily and pierceth his shield with his spear.
He goeth toward the knight without more words, and smiteth him so passing strong amidst the breast that he pierceth the habergeon and thrusteth all the iron of his spear into his body and afterward draweth it back to him with a great wrench.
Yonder merchant theefe, that pierceth mee, He was my prisoner yesterday.
Yon merchant thief that pierceth me, He was my prisoner yesterday.
And set his heart on fire which never dies: For the fair beauty of a virgin pure Is sharper than a dart, and doth inure A deeper wound, which pierceth to the heart By the eyes, and causeth such a cruel smart.
Nothing pierceth deeper than a contempt or disgrace, [2382]especially if they be generous spirits, scarce anything affects them more than to be despised or vilified.
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