Christmas Poems » Ceremonies for Christmas
Come, bring with a noise,
My merry, merry boys,
The Christmas-log to the firing,
While my good dame, she
Bids ye all be free,
And drink to your heart's desiring.
With the last year's brand
Light the new block, and,
For good success in his spending,
On your psalteries play,
That sweet luck may
Come while the log is a-teending.[E]
Drink now the strong beer,
Cut the white loaf here,
The while the meat is a-shredding;
For the rare mince-pie
And the plums stand by,
To fill the paste that's a-kneading.
- Robert Herrick
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- Christmas Day in the Morning
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- Praise of Christmas
- King Olafa's Christmas
- Wintera's Delights
- Good King Wenceslas
- A Christmas Catch
- The Wise Men of the East
- The Country Life
- Christmas Eve Customs
- Christmas Omnipresent
- Merry Souls
- An Old English Christmas-Tide
- Christmas in the Olden Time
- Sings of Christmas
- Ceremonies for Christmas
- The Mistletoe
- Bringing in the Boara's Head
- A Bedside Ditty
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