Good King Wenceslaus

	  		



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Good King Wenceslaus looked out 
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On the feast of Stephen 
                    
When the snow lay 'round about  
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Deep and crisp and even 
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Brightly shone the moon that night  
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Though the frost was cruel 
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When a poor man came in sight 
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Gathering winter fu-u-el 



"Hither, page, and stand by me 
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If thou knowest it, telling 

Yonder peasant, who is he? 
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Where and what his dwelling?" 
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"Sire, he lives a good league hence 
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Underneath the mountain 
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Right against a forest fence 
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By Saint Agnes' fou-oun-tain" 



"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine 
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Bring me pine logs hither 

Thou and I shall see him dine 
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When we bear them thither" 
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Page and monarch, forth they went 
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Forth they went together 
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Through the rude wind's wild lament 
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And the bitter wea-ea-ther 



"Sire, the night is darker now 
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And the wind blows stronger 

Fails my heart, I know not how 
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I can go no longer" 
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"Mark my footsteps, my good page 
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Tread thou in them boldly 
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Thou shalt find the winter's rage 
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Freeze thy blood less co-old-ly" 


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In his master's steps he trod 
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Where the snow lay dinted 

Heat was in the very sod 
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Which the saint had printed 
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Therefore, Christian men, be sure 
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Wealth or rank possessing 
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Ye who now will bless the poor 
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Shall yourselves find ble-es-sing