This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
Fire and sleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.

When thou from hence away art passed,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou com’st at last;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

If hosen and shoon thou ne’er gav’st nane,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
The whins sall prick thee to the bare bane;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

From Whinny-muir when thou mayst pass,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
To Brig o’ Dread thou com’st at last;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

From Brig o’ Dread when thou may’st pass,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
To Purgatory Fire thou com’st at last;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

If ever thou gavest meat or drink,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
The fire sall never make thee shrink;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

If meat or drink thou never gav’st nane,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
    And Christe receive thy saule.

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    —­Every nighte and alle,
Fire and sleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.

THE END

INDEX

After Death, 141
All-Saints’ Eve, 3
All-Souls, 3
All-Souls’ Night, 9
All-Souls’ Night, 16
Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 128
Allingham, William, 4
Arnold, Sir Edwin, 169
At Home, 143

Bacon, Josephine Daskam, 25
Ballad of Douglas Bridge, 43
Ballad of Hallowe’en, 7
Ballad of Judas Iscariot, The, 205
Ballad of the Buried Sword, 39
Banshee, The, 183
Barham, Richard Harris, 80, 87
Beleaguered City, The, 122
Betrayal, 151
Blockhouse on the Hill, The, 49
Blue Closet, The, 163
Branch, Anna Hempstead, 29
Buchanan, Robert, 192, 205
Byron, May, 74

Cape Horn Gospel, 79
Carlin, Francis, 42, 43
Cawein, Madison, 135
Chesson, Nora Hopper, xiv
Child, The, 28
Child Alone, The, 27
Clerk Saunders, 224
Cone, Helen Gray, 49
Cortissoz, Ellen M.H., 14

Dave Lilly, 112
Dead Coach, The, 175
Dead Mother, 192
Deid Folks’ Ferry, 176
De la Mare, Walter, 49, 119, 131, 155
Dobell, Sydney, 178
Drake’s Drum, 41
Dream, A, 4
Driscoll, Louise, 132

Easter, Marguerite Elizabeth, 33
Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 63
Eve of St. John, The, 212