A Source Book of Mediæval History / Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance

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And a shade ever-spread,

And water ever-flowing,

And fruits abundant

Unstayed and unforbidden,[111]

And couches raised.[112]

Verily we have created them[113] by a [peculiar] creation,

And have made them virgins,

Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them],

For the people of the right hand,

A crowd of the former generations