Alliterative homily · late 14th century

Cleanness

Clannesse

by Gawain Poet

A homily in some 1,800 alliterative lines on purity, in which God rejects those who come unclean to his presence. It tells the parable of the wedding feast and retells three Old Testament judgements: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Belshazzar's feast with the profaned vessels of the Temple.

Contents · 13 parts

• Iabout 120 lines
• II68 lines
• III56 lines
• IV96 lines
• Vabout 140 lines
• VI72 lines
• VII44 lines
• VIII88 lines
• IX92 lines
• Xabout 110 lines
• XIabout 270 lines
• XIIabout 200 lines
• XIIIabout 460 lines

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