Adam lay ibounden, <br /> Bounden in a bond. <br /> Four thousand winter <br /> Thoght he not too long. <br /> And all was for an appil, <br /> And appil that he tok, <br /> As clerkes finden <br /> Wreten in here book. <br /> Ne hadde the appil take ben, <br /> The appil taken ben, <br /> Ne hadde never our lady <br /> A ben hevene quene. <br /> <br /> Blessed be the time <br /> That appil take was, <br /> Therefore we moun singen <br /> Deo gracias.<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adam-lay-ibounden/
