50. Sartor Resartus, Book i. chap. xi.
51. See Sartor, Book iii. chap. iv.
52. The mystical desire for close contact with God is expressed in English as early as before 1170, in Godric's song to the Virgin.
53. See Mysticism, by E. Underhill, pp. 162-166.
54. The Ancren Riwle, ed. J. Morton, Camden Society, 1853, pp. 397-403.
55. Fire of Love, Bk. 1. cap xvi. p. 36.
56. Ibid., Bk. i. cap. xv. p. 33.
57. See Mysticism, by E. Underhill, pp. 228, 229.
58. Fire of Love, Bk. i. cap. xvi. p. 36.
59. Ibid., Bk. ii. cap. iii. and xii.