Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
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Tirlèd at the pin;
On Joseph’s thorn sang the blackbird,
‘Let her in! Let her in!’
‘Know’st thou thy sin?’
‘It is evening, evening,’ sang the blackbird,
‘Let her in! Let her in!’
And I know my sin.’
‘She knows it well, well, well,’ sung the blackbird,
‘Let her in! Let her in!’
‘Nought save sin.’
And the blackbird sang, ‘She is sorry, sorry, sorry,
‘Let her in! Let her in!’
And night did begin,
One came and open’d Michael’s gate,
And Magdalen went in.