The Old Wives' Prayer
Holy-Rood, come forth and shieldUs i' th' city and the field;Safely guard us, now and aye,From the blast that burns by day;And those sounds that us affrightIn the dead of dampish night;Drive all hurtful fiends us fro,By the time the cocks first crow.
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