i have wist, sin i couthe meen,
that children hath by candle light
her shadewe on the wall iseen,
and ronne therafter all the night.
bisy aboute they han ben
to catchen it with all here might.
and whom they catcheth it best wolde wene,
sannest it shet out of her sight.
the shadewe catchen they ne might,
for no lines that they couthe lay. this
shadewe i may likne aright
to this world and yesterday
i have wist, sin i couthe meen, that children hath by candle light her shadewe on the wall iseen, and ronne therafter all the night. bisy aboute they han ben to catchen it with all here might.
and whom they catcheth it best wolde wene, sannest it shet out of her sight. the shadewe catchen they ne might, for no lines that they couthe lay. this shadewe i may likne aright to this world and yesterday
That's letter for letter from the Poem cd insert