by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
This Enders Night
Language: English
This enders night I saw a sight All in my sleep; Mary that may, She sang lullay And sore did weep. To keep she sought Full fast about Her son fro' cold. Joseph said "Wife, My joy, my life, Say what ye wold." "Nothing my spouse, Is in this house Unto me pay. My son, a King That made alle thing, Lieth in hay." "My mother dear Amend your cheer, And now be still; Thus for to lie It is soothly My Father's will." "Derision, Great Passion, Infinitely, As it is found, Many a wound Suffer shall I On Calvary That is so high There shall I be. Man to restore. Nailed full sore Upon a tree."
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 15th century )  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "This Enders Night", published 1971 [high voice and piano or organ or string quartet], originally written for Peter Pears [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 36
Word count: 117