I have wist, sin i couthe meen,

That children hath by candle light

I have wist, sin i couthe meen,

That children hath by candle light

Her shadewe on the wal iseen,

And ronne therafter all the night.

Bisy aboute they han they han ben

And whom they catchen it best wolde wene

I have wist, sin i couthe meen,

That children hath by candle light

The shadewe catchen they ne might,

For no lines that they couthe lay.

This shadewe i may likne aright

To this world and yesterday.

Bisy aboute they han they han ben

And whom they catchen it best wolde wene

I have wist, sin i couthe meen,

That children hath by candle light

Her shadewe on the wal iseen,

And ronne therafter all the night.

Bisy aboute they han they han ben

And whom they catchen it best wolde wene

Bisy aboute they han they han ben

And whom they catchen it best wolde wene