| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Magdalen | | By Henry Kingsley (1830–1876) |
| | | MAGDALEN at Michael’s gate | |
| Tirlèd at the pin; | |
| On Joseph’s thorn sang the blackbird, | |
| ‘Let her in! Let her in!’ | |
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| ‘Hast thou seen the wounds?’ said Michael, | 5 |
| ‘Know’st thou thy sin?’ | |
| ‘It is evening, evening,’ sang the blackbird, | |
| ‘Let her in! Let her in!’ | |
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| ‘Yes, I have seen the wounds, | |
| And I know my sin.’ | 10 |
| ‘She knows it well, well, well,’ sung the blackbird, | |
| ‘Let her in! Let her in!’ | |
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| ‘Thou bringest no offerings,’ said Michael. | |
| ‘Nought save sin.’ | |
| And the blackbird sang, ‘She is sorry, sorry, sorry, | 15 |
| ‘Let her in! Let her in!’ | |
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| When he had sung himself to sleep, | |
| And night did begin, | |
| One came and open’d Michael’s gate, | |
| And Magdalen went in. | 20 | | | |
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