 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...been admired; And, in such brave strains had moved As of all had been approved. . A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man...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 and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...holly. Though some churls at olr mirth repine, Kound your foreheads srarlands twine, Drown Sorrow iu a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbours' chimneys snioko, And Christmas blocks are hnrntuir : Their ovens they with baked meat choke, Aud all... | |
 | Sir Albert Hastings Markham - Arctic regions - 1880 - 456 pages
...we had of the existence, outside our own circle, of animal life. CHAPTER XVL AN ARCTIC CHRISTMAS. " So now is come our joyful'st feast, Let every man be jolly, Eache roome with yvie leaves is drest, And every post with holly ; Now all our neighbours' chimneys... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...Christmas play, and make 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...with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. CHBI8TKA8— con tinned. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ;... | |
 | George Milner - Gardening - 1881 - 370 pages
...some of the many passages in our old writers in which this English custom is alluded to : — 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. That comes from a carol by George Wither.... | |
 | English poetry - 1882 - 122 pages
...All her vows religious be, And her love she vows to me. William Habington, 1605— A Christmas Carol. SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man...And let us all be merry. Now, all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Their ovens they with baked meats choke, And all... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...blood look out : good sooth, she is The queen of curds and cream. W. Shakespeare. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man...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...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 and... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...For auld lang syne, We 'U tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang xyne ! ROBXRT BURNS. (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 at our mirth repine. Round your... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 pages
...window, and colouring up, raj: off with an air of roguish affected confusion. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. 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 neighbour»' chimneys smoke,... | |
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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.... 
