Christmas with the poets, a collection of songs, carols, and verses [ed. by H. Vizetelly].1852 |
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... periods of feasting into which the day of Yule was divided . A peculiar instance , showing , that even in a subsequent age , music and singing were held in greater account than devotion , and that eating and drinking were rated far ...
... periods of feasting into which the day of Yule was divided . A peculiar instance , showing , that even in a subsequent age , music and singing were held in greater account than devotion , and that eating and drinking were rated far ...
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... period , for we fancy that more of the hand of the poet than of the monk may be recog- nised in their composition . In the last of the series there is a grace- fulness and tenderness in many of the touches , not often met with in poems ...
... period , for we fancy that more of the hand of the poet than of the monk may be recog- nised in their composition . In the last of the series there is a grace- fulness and tenderness in many of the touches , not often met with in poems ...
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... period of transition , not merely as regards our na- tional religion , but likewise as regards our national literature . The Reformation , and the introduction of printing had begun to produce their fruits , and , amongst other changes ...
... period of transition , not merely as regards our na- tional religion , but likewise as regards our national literature . The Reformation , and the introduction of printing had begun to produce their fruits , and , amongst other changes ...
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... period . " The nobility , " he says , ' had discarded entirely their huge joints of salted beef , and platters of wood and pewter , together with the swarms of jesters , tumblers , and harpers , that formerly had been in- dispensable to ...
... period . " The nobility , " he says , ' had discarded entirely their huge joints of salted beef , and platters of wood and pewter , together with the swarms of jesters , tumblers , and harpers , that formerly had been in- dispensable to ...
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... period , will be recollected . " These English , " said he , " have their houses made of sticks and dirt , but they fare , commonly , as well as the king . " Early in the reign of Elizabeth , the substantial yeoman was housed no better ...
... period , will be recollected . " These English , " said he , " have their houses made of sticks and dirt , but they fare , commonly , as well as the king . " Early in the reign of Elizabeth , the substantial yeoman was housed no better ...
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ancient angels Babe beasts beer bells Ben Jonson berries Bethlehem birth blessed boar's head BOAR'S HEAD CAROL born bough brawn bright bring capon cheer child chimneys Christ CHRISTMAS CAROL Christmas Day Christmas season Christmas tide cold comes but once crown dancing dish doth drink earth ELIZABETHAN ERA eyes feast festival fire GEORGE WITHER glad glory goose grace green hall hath heart Heaven HENRY VIZETELLY Here's happiness hey go holly tree jolly king light Lord lulla maid manger merry minced pies minstrels mirth mistletoe morning neighbours night Nowel o'er old cap old courtier peace Plum-pudding poems Poor Robin's Almanack Post and Pair pray Prince queen Ring roast beef ROBERT SOUTHWELL round Saviour SAW THREE SHIPS shepherds shine sing snow song soul sport summer sung sweet thee THOMAS TUSSER thou unto Wassail bowl winds wine winter young courtier Yule
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Page 103 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow ; And, with your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 101 - Nature, that heard such sound Beneath the hollow round Of Cynthia's seat the Airy region thrilling, Now was almost won To think her part was done, And that her reign had here its last fulfilling : She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heaven and Earth in happier union.
Page 55 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 100 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 99 - It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born Child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature in awe to Him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour.
Page 199 - RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow : The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 103 - For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold, And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould, And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 195 - But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year, you shall not die ; We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er.
Page 101 - That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below ; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Page 142 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...