"Lord, Thou clèpedest me"
 
 

Lord, Thou clèpedest me,

And I naught ne answerèd Thee

But wordès slow and sleepy:

"Thole yet! Thole a little!"

But "yet" and "yet" was endèless,

And "thole a little" a long way is.

            —Anonymous (13th or 14th c.)





clèpedest: called

thole: wait