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114. To many a well

To many a well have I go
To find water to wash me fro woe.

[1]

I have y-sought in many a side
To find water to wash me fro woe;
Yet could I nought walk so wide
To find water to wash me so.

2

I have heard speak of a well,
Thereof springeth streamës fele;
A man that thereof had his fill,
Of his woe should come his weal.

3

That well is mercy, I have heard say,
And shall be without end;
Almighty God, to thee we pray,
Give us grace that well to find.