GOOD KING WENCESLAS
Author(s): Miguel
Songbook: Christmas Miscellaneous
KeyWords: Christmas,

Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast Of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp, and even:
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the
Frost was cruel, when a poor man came in sight,
Gath'ring winter fuel

"Hither, page, and stand by me, if thou know'st it;
Telling, yonder peasant, who is he? Where and
What his dwelling?" "Sire, he lives a good league
Hence, underneath the mountain; right against
The forest fence, by Saint Agnes' Fountain"

"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, bring me
Pinelogs hither; thou and I will see him dine, when
We bear them thither," page and monarch forth they
Went, forth they went together; through the rude
Wind's wild lament, and the bitter weather

"Sire, the night is darker now, and the wind blows
Stronger; fails my heart, I know not how, I can go
No longer." "Mark my footsteps, my good page,
Tread thou in them boldly: ye who now will
Bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing

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