His fellow taught him homeward 3815 privily From day to day, till he coud 3816 it by rote, And then he sang it well and boldëly From word to word according with the note; Twice in a day it passed through his throat; To schoolë-ward, and homeward when he went; On Christ’s mother was set all his intent.

As I have said, throughout the Jewery, This little child, as he came to and fro, Full merrily then would he sing and cry, O Alma redemptoris , evermo’; The sweetness hath his heartë pierced so Of Christë’s mother, that to her to pray He cannot stint 3817 of singing by the way.