ome cheer,
For thou, I ween, dost here perceive
Thy bride-bed and thy funeral bier."

When she had sat a little space
No longer there she cared to wait;
Now stand thou up, Sir Archbishop,
And Kirstine's bride-bed consecrate.

The little Kirstine then they took
And midst the roaring blazes threw;
The fire recoiled on every side,
So fair and bright she stood to view.

"I thank the God who me has helped,
The God who made the earth and sky;
Now to a cloister I will go,
And serve my master till I die."

And thither little Kirstine went,
And with her all her maidens fair;
Her father and her plighted youth,
They quickly died of grief and care.

And now within the cloister wall
The beauteous little Kirstine goes;
So joyous o'er her yellow hair
The veil so long and black she throws.

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