Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shown the moon that night, though the frost was cruel, when a poor man came in sight,gathering winter fuel.
Hither, page, and stand by me. If thou know it telling: yonder peasant, who is he?Where and what his dwelling?
Sire, he lives a good league hence,underneath the mountain, right against the forest fenceby Saint Agnes fountain.
Bring me flesh, and bring me wine. Bring me pine logs hither. Thou and I will see him dinewhen we bear the 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 now,and the wind blows stronger. Fails my heart, I know not how. I can go no longer.
Ark my footsteps my good page, tread thou in them boldly: Thou shalt find the winter's ragefreeze thy blood less coldly.
In his master's step he trod,where the snow lay dented. Heat was in the very sodwhich the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, wealth or rank possessing, ye who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing.
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Good King Wenceslas looked down on the feast of Stephen
The Line in the song is: Good King Wenceslas last looked out on the feast of Stephen. The Feast Day of St. Stephen is on the December 26. As such, of course, it is not truly a Christmascarol, but is one of several feasts which fall within the 12 Days of Christmas (Christmastide, Dec. 25 to Jan. 6).He looked out on the Feast of Saint Stephen (December 26).
Great movie right? The song is called "Good King Wenceslas" and it's a Christmas piece often played on the piano, but I myself have played it on the trumpet and it is equally beautiful across all instruments.
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'Good King Wenceslas'
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Good King Wenceslas looked down on the feast of Stephen
Saint Stephen From song Good King Wenceslas ... on the feast of Stephen.
The spelling of the king in the Christmas song is "Good King Wenceslas." The historical figure was Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935 AD).
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The anagram is the proper noun Wenceslas, the king from the Christmas song.
Good King Wencelas was involved in the famous Christmas carol, called "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", and also the song called, "Good King Wenceslas". The good deeds that Good King Wencelas was involved with in the famous Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" was by giving alms generously to widows, and those in prison and the orphans.
The Feast of Stephen mentioned in the song 'Good King Wenceslas' is the feast day of St Stephen which is the 26th of December.
If King Wenceslas ever killed a boar, there is no historical reference to it on the Internet. Perhaps you are confusing the carol with another old Christmas song The Boar's Head Carol which has absolutely no connection to Wenceslas. Both carols are beautiful and much more inspiring than Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer or Frosty the Snowman..
The Christmas carol that tells the story of a page who kept from freezing by walking in his master's footprints is "Good King Wenceslas." This song narrates the legend of the Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslas, venturing out on St. Stephen's Day to help a poor peasant. The page follows his footsteps and receives warmth and guidance in the snow.
Good King Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia, patron saint of Czech republic, and born in the castle of Stochov near Prague around the year 907. The actual carol "Good King Wenceslas" came about because Wenceslas was particularly caring towards children, doing what he could to help orphans. Thus in 1853 he was chosen by lyricist John Mason Neale as the subject of a Christmas carol which would give the example of generosity and high principles. The melody is from a 13th century song called "Tempus Adest Floridum," or "Spring Has Unwrapped Her Flowers."