I have wist, sin i couthe meen,    That children hath by candle light      I have wist, sin i couthe meen,    That children hath by candle light    Her shadewe on the wal iseen,    And ronne therafter all the night.       Bisy aboute they han they han ben   And whom they catchen it best wolde wene       I have wist, sin i couthe meen,    That children hath by candle light   The shadewe catchen they ne might,    For no lines that they couthe lay.    This shadewe i may likne aright    To this world and yesterday.       Bisy aboute they han they han ben   And whom they catchen it best wolde wene      I have wist, sin i couthe meen,    That children hath by candle light   Her shadewe on the wal iseen,    And ronne therafter all the night.       Bisy aboute they han they han ben   And whom they catchen it best wolde wene   Bisy aboute they han they han ben   And whom they catchen it best wolde wene