The Cambridge Carol Book/I was, and am, and ay shall be sad-hearted

by George Ratcliffe Woodward

L. I WAS, AND AM, AND AY SHALL BE SAD-HEARTED

I was, and am,
And ay shall be sad-hearted
For Walsingham,
To see her day departed:
Her minster walls and stalls o'erthrown,
Her cells and wells with moss o'ergrown:
Above her own, where stood the throne
Of Mary's Son, lo! now ne'er a stone.