Good King Wenceslas

Verse 1:
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Good King Wenceslas looked out
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on the feast of Stephen,
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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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gath’ring winter fuel.

Verse 2:
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“Hither, page, and stand by me,
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if thou know’st it, telling:
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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 the forest fence,
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by Saint Agnes’ fountain.”

Verse 3:
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“Bring me flesh and bring me wine,
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bring me pine logs hither:
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thou and I will 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 weather.

Verse 4:
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“Sire, the night is darker now,
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and the wind blows stronger;
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fails my heart, I know not how,
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I can go no longer.”
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“Mark my footsteps, good my 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 coldly.”

Verse 5:
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In his master’s steps he trod,
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where the snow lay dinted;
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heat was in the very sod
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which the saint had printed.
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Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
Gm        C7      F
wealth or rank possessing,
                          C7
ye who now will bless the poor
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shall yourselves find blessing.


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