Unknown. Lyke-wake Dirge

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    This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    MEvery nighte and alle,
    Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.
    —Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)

    This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    MEvery nighte and alle,
    Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.
    —Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)

    Living, just by itself—what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom’s the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you’ve got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that’s terribly exciting—or he’ll come along and nibble your brain.
    Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)