CXIX
VISION BEFORE SLEEP
To sleep I laid me down, Making my prayer to God; I called upon His angels; Heaven was unveiled to me; The Seraphim, they worshipped there, And prayed this prayer to Christ our Lord: "While he doth rest, all through his sleep, Frome visions dark do Thou him keep." J. W. W.
CXX
PRAYER IN THE FIELD
We pray unto the Heavenly Lord, Koledo, Koledo![[36]] Dew to send upon our fields, Koledo! To give grain to wheat and maize, Koledo, Koledo! To give fruits in all the glades, Koledo! To give colours to the flowers, Koledo, Koledo! To give health to sheep and cattle, Koledo! And pardon, joy and song to all, Koledo, Koledo! J. W. W.
CXXI
A CHILD IN HEAVEN
Yesternight was born a Child, But it passed from earth at morn, Unbaptized to heaven's door. "Open, heavenly watchman, open!" "Nay, foolish babe, thou must away! Sinful thou art, away, away!"
"Foolish I am—but sinful, nay; Born yesternight, I died to-day; In the green forest I was born, Where no sponsor, where no priest; Therefore unbaptized I come!"