William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
A Lyke-Wake DirgeAnonymous
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Every nighte and alle,
Fire and sleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou com’st at laste;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
The whinnes sall prickle thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
To Brigg o’ Dread thou comest at laste,
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
To Purgatory fire thou comest at last,
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
The fire sall never make thee shrinke;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every nighte and alle,
Fire, and sleet, and candle-light,
And Christe receive thye saule.