 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....  Scenes of the Olden Time - Page 98by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 536 pages
...brave strains had moved As of all had been approved. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. ***** Now every lad is wondrous trim, And no man minds his labour; Our lasses have provided them A... | |
 | Sutton Selwyn Scott - Southern States - 1880 - 340 pages
...are well worth reading, and especially so just as this time. CHRISTMAS. So now is come our joyful'st feast, Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with baked-meat... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...brave strains had moved As of all had been approved. . A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now every lad is wondrous trim, And no man minds his labour; Our lasses have provided them A bag-pipe... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Tuner, 500 points, 12: Lo ! now is come our joyful'st feast ! Let every man be jolly. Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. CHBI8TKA8— con tinned. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ;... | |
 | English poetry - 1882 - 122 pages
...her love she vows to me. William Habington, 1605— A Christmas Carol. SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now, all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Their ovens they with baked... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...she is The queen of curds and cream. W. Shakespeare. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now every lad is wondrous trim, And no man minds his labour ; Our lasses have provided them A bag-pipe... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...all had been approved. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst ieast ; Let every man be joily, Each room with ivy leaves is drest And every post...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. * * * * # Now every lad is wondrous trim, And no man minds his labour; Our lasses have provided them... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...(Cljustmns. 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...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with baked... | |
 | Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 pages
...kind permission of the publishers.] CHRISTMAS IN THE REIGN OF JAMES I. So now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with baked... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...662 //. H. Boyesen : Earl Sigurd's Christmas Eve. Lo ! now is come our joyful'st feast! Let every mau be jolly. Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with bak't... | |
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