Child born from water and fire

I witnessed a body lying On the dead earth while formless and dismal A mire swollen and dying From this body arose a child so small Out of the flesh stinking of gall A child whiter than a pearly lily Who flew into paradise tranquilly The foulness of flesh remained not The child’s pureness left the world’s morbilli For water and fire begot Inspired by a passage from "Revelations of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich, in the long text version.