Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Lykewake DirgeAnonymous
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Every night and alle,
Fire and sleet and candle-light,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
To Whinny-Muir thou comest at laste,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
The whinnes shall prick thee to the bare bone,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
To Purgatory fire thou comest at last,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
The fire shall never make thee shrink,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bone,
And Christ receive thy saule.
Every night and alle,
Fire and sleet and candle-light,
And Christ receive thy saule.