BIDE YE THE WICCAN REDE YE MUST,IN PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECT TRUST ,LIVE YE MUST AND LET LIVE ,FAIRLY TAKE AND FAIRLY GIVE,FORM A CIRCLE THRICE ABOUT ,TO KEEP UNWELCOME SPIRITS OUT ,TO BIND THE SPELL EVERY TIME ,LET THE SPELL BE SPOKE IN RHYME,SOFT OF EYE AND LIGHT OF TOUCH, SPEAK YE LITTLE AND LISTEN MUCH ,DEOSIL AND BY WAXING MOON ,SING AND DANCE THE WITCHES RUNE ,WIDDERSHINS GO BY WANING MOON,CHANT YE THEN A BANEFUL TUNE.WHEN THE LADY'S MOON IS NEW,KISS HER HAND TIMES TWO'WHEN THE MOON RIDES AT PEAK ,YOUR HEARTS DESIRE THEN YE SEEK,HEAD THE NORTH WINDS MIGHTY GAIL ,LOCK THE DOOR AND TRIM THE SAIL,WHEN THE WIND COMES FROM THE SOUTH,LOVE WILL KISS THEM ON THE MOUTH,WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE WEST ,DEPARTED SOULS HAVE NO REST ,WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE EAST, EXPECT THE NEW AND SET THE FEAST,NINE WOODS IN THE CAULDRON GO,BURN THEM FAST BURN THEM SLOW,ELDER BE THY LADY'S TREE BURN IT NOT OR CURS'D YE'LL BE, WHEN THE WINDS BEGIN TO TURN ,SOON THE BELTANE FIRES BURN,WHEN THE WHEEL HAS TURNED TO YULE ,LIGHT THE LOG THE HORNED ONE RULES,HEED YE FLOWER BUSH AND TREE ,BY THY LADY BLESSED BE,WHERE THE RIPPLING WATERS GO,CAST A STONE AND TRUTH YOU'LL KNOW,WHEN YE HAVE AND HOLD A NEED, HEARKEN NOT TO OTHERS GREED,WITH A FOOL NO SEASON SPEND,LEST YE BE COUNTED AS HIS FRIEND,MERRY MEET AND MERRY PART ,BRIGHT OF CHEEKS AND WARM OF HEART,MIND THE THREEFOLD LAW YE SHOULD ,THREE TIMES BAD AND THREE TIMES GOOD,WHEN MISFORTUNE IS ENOW, WEAR A BLUE STAR UPON THY BROW,TRUE IN LOVE YE MUST EVER BE,LEST THY LOVE PROVE FALSE TO THE,THESE EIGHT WORDS THE REDE FULFILL AN YE HARM NONE ,DO WHAT YE WILL.
|
