Good king Wenceslas looked out On the feast of stephen When the snow lay 'round about Deep and crisp and even Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Gath'ring winter fuel"Hither, page, and stand by meIf thou know'st it, tellingYonder peasant, who is he?Where and what his dwelling?""SireHe lives a good league henceUnderneath the mountainBy saint agnes' fountain""Bring me flesh and bring me wineBring me pine-logs hitherThou and i shall see him dineWhen we bear them thither" Page and monarch, forth they went Forth they went together Through the rude wind's wild lament And the bitter weather"Sire, the night is darker nowAnd the wind blows strongerFails my heart, i know not howI can go no longer""Mark my footsteps, good my pageTread thou in them boldlyThou shall find the winter's rageFreeze thy blood less coldly" In his master's step he trod Where the snow lay dinted Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed Therefore, christian men, be sure Wealth or rank possessing Ye, who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing