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[ G ] Good King Wenceslas looked out, [ C ] On the [ D ] Feast of [ G ] Stephen.

[ G ] When the snow lay round about, [ C ] Deep and [ D ] crisp and [ G ] even.

[ G ] Brightly shone the moon that night, [ C ] Tho' the [ D ] frost was [ G ] cruel.

[ G ] When a [ C ] poor man [ G ] came in [ D ] sight, [ G ] Gathering Winter [ C ] fu [ G ] el.

2) 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." 4)"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 good my page, Tread thou in them boldly. Thou shalt find the Winter's rage, Freeze thy blood less coldly."

3) "Bring me flesh and bring me wine, Bring me pine logs hither. Thou and I will see him dine, When we bear them thither." Page and monarch forth they went, Onward both together. Thro' the rude wind's wild lament, And the bitter weather. 5) In his master's steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted. Heat was in the very sod, Which the saint had printed. Therefore Christian men be sure, Wealth or rank possessing. Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing.