Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. I. Early Poetry: Chaucer to Donne
BalladsSupernatural: A Lyke-Wake Dirge
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Every night and alle,
Fire and sleet, and candle lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.
Every night and alle;
To Whinny-muir thou comest at laste;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every night and alle;
Sit thee down, and put them on;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every night and alle:
The whinnes shall pricke thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every night and alle;
To Brigg o’ Dread thou comest at laste;
And Christe receive thye saule.
From Brigg o’ Dread when thou mayst passe,
Every night and alle;
To Purgatory fire thou comest at laste;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every night and alle;
The fire shall never make thee shrinke;
And Christe receive thye saule.
Every night and alle;
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule.
Every nighte and alle;
Fire and sleet, and candle lighte,
And Christe receive thye saule.