Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
THIS ae nighte, this ae nighte, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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When thou from hence away art past, | 5 |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
To Whinny-muir thou com’st at last; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | 10 |
Sit thee down and put them on; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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If hosen and shoon thou ne’er gav’st nane | |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
The whinnes sall prick thee to the bare bane; | 15 |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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From Whinny-muir when thou may’st pass, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
To Brig o’ Dread thou com’st at last; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | 20 |
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From Brig o’ Dread when thou may’st pass, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
To Purgatory fire thou com’st at last; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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If ever thou gavest meat or drink, | 25 |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
The fire sall never make thee shrink; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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If meat or drink thou ne’er gav’st nane, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | 30 |
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane; | |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |
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This ae nighte, this ae nighte, | |
—Every nighte and alle, | |
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, | 35 |
And Christe receive thy saule. | |