At liberty I sit and see Them, that have erst laugh'd me to scorn,Whipp'd with the whip that scourged me: And now they ban that they were born.
I see them sit full soberly And think their earnest looks to hide;Now, in themselves, they cannot spy That they or this in me have spied.
I see them sitting all alone, Marking the steps, each word and look;And now they tread where I have gone, The painful path that I forsook.
Now I see well I saw no whit When they saw well, that now are blind;But happy hap hath made me quit, And just judgement hath them assign'd.
I see them wander all alone, And tread full fast, in dreadful doubt,The self-same path that I have gone: Blessed be hap that brought me out!
At liberty all this I see, And say no word but erst among,Smiling at them that laugh'd at me: Lo, such is hap! Mark well my song!
