 SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry....  The Children's hour - Page 2421868Full view - About this book
 | Robert Jamieson - Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 436 pages
...To father my bairn on auld Ingram, And Lord Wa'yates beside." CHRISTMAS CARROL. BY GEORGE WITHER.* So, now is come our joyfulst feast; Let every man...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. * For accounts of this very voluminous and very unequal writer, see " Athena Oxonienses" the " Reliques... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 434 pages
...father my bairn on auld Ingram, And Lord Wa'yates beside." CHRISTMAS CARROL. BY GEORGE WITHER.* oo, now is come our joyfulst feast; Let every man be jolly;...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. * For accounts of this very voluminous and very unequal writer, see " Athena Oxonienses" the " Reliques... | |
 | Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 448 pages
...father my bairn on auld Ingram, And Lord Wa'yates beside." CHRISTMAS CARROL. BY GEORGE WITHER.* Oo, now is come our joyfulst feast; Let every man be jolly...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. * For accounts of this very voluminous and very unequal writer, see " Athena Oxonienses," the " Reliques... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...the same merry period, of the year 1806. A CHRISTMAS CARROL. — By George Wither* So now is come OUT joyfulst feast} Let every man be jolly; Each room...leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some'cnurls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine ; Drown'sorrow in a cup of wine... | |
 | 1807 - 856 pages
...CARROL.— By GfOrgC Wither* bo now is come our joyfnlst feast; Let every man be jolly ; ïach юот With ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Kound your foreheads garlands twino ; Drown'sorrow in a cup of wine And let us all be merry. Now all... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...hosnality, the hardship of the times, and the cxtravaganaei practiced in the upper classes of life : So now is come our joyfulst feast, Let every man be...with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, R ourta your foreheads garlands twine ; Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now... | |
 | English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...greatest and least." " Be we merry at this feste In quo Saluatornatus est.' " So now is come our joyfnlst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry." " Come rejoice all good Christians And rejoice now, I pray, ' For joy our Redeemer Was horn on this... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...hospitality, the hardship of the times, and the extravagances practised in the upper classes of life. So now is come our joyfulst feast; Let every man be...Round your foreheads garlands twine; Drown sorrow in a cop of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbours' chimnies smoke, And Christinas blocks... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Epitaphs," &c. is a " Christmas Carroll," in which the customs of that season are not overlooked. Lo ! now is come our joyful'st Feast ! Let every' Man be jolly. Each Roome with Yvie leaves is drest, And every Post with Holly. Now, all our Neighbours' Chimneys smoke,... | |
 | 1828 - 400 pages
...hospitality, the hardship of the times, and the extravagancies practised in the upper classes of life : — So now is come our joyfulst feast, Let every man be...leaves is drest. And every post with holly. Though some churlsat our mirth repine. Round your foreheads garlands twine ; Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And... | |
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