{"id":4032,"date":"2021-12-11T22:39:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T03:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovingchristmas.com\/blog\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:56:40","slug":"christmas-carols-good-king-wenceslas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovingchristmas.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/christmas-carols-good-king-wenceslas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Carols: Good King Wenceslas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Good<\/a>
\nEngraving by Brothers Dalziel<\/a> Public Domain<\/p>\n

Lyrics for “Good King Wenceslas”<\/h2>\n

Good King Wences’las looked out,
\non the Feast of Stephen,
\nWhen the snow lay round about,
\ndeep and crisp and even;
\nBrightly shone the moon that night,
\ntho’ the frost was cruel,
\nWhen a poor man came in sight,
\ngath’ring winter fuel.<\/p>\n

“Hither, page, and stand by me,
\nif thou know’st it, telling,
\nYonder peasant, who is he?
\nWhere and what his dwelling?”
\n“Sire, he lives a good league hence,
\nunderneath the mountain;
\nRight against the forest fence,
\nby Saint Agnes’ fountain.”<\/p>\n

“Bring me flesh, and bring me wine,
\nbring me pine logs hither:
\nThou and I shall see him dine,
\nwhen we bear them thither.”
\nPage and monarch, forth they went,
\nforth they went together;
\nThrough the rude wind’s wild lament
\nand the bitter weather.<\/p>\n

“Sire, the night is darker now,
\nand the wind blows stronger;
\nFails my heart, I know not how;
\nI can go no longer.”
\n“Mark my footsteps, good my page.
\nTread thou in them boldly
\nThou shalt find the winter’s rage
\nfreeze thy blood less coldly.”<\/p>\n

In his master’s steps he trod,
\nwhere the snow lay dinted;
\nHeat was in the very sod
\nwhich the saint had printed.
\nTherefore, Christian men, be sure,
\nwealth or rank possessing,
\nYe who now will bless the poor,
\nshall yourselves find blessing.<\/p>\n