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