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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.... "
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 63
by Percy Society - 1841
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English Songs and Ballads

Thomas William Hodgson Crosland - Ballads, English - 1902 - 376 pages
...So now is come our joyfullest part ; Let every man be jolly ; Each room with ivy-leaves is dressed, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our...And let us all be merry ! Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas-blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with baked meat choke, And all...
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The Country Month by Month

Jean Allan Owen, George Simonds Boulger - Animal behavior - 1902 - 508 pages
...have been more likely to survive if covered with a friendly mantle of snow. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS " So now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man...with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly." — WITHER. OUT of doors the world is white with snow, and hard-bound in frost ; but this only makes...
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The Poetry of George Wither, Volume 2

George Wither - English poetry - 1902 - 248 pages
...329 : — 1. 3. ' fruit.' No. 5. Ash. MS. 38, No. 330:— 1. 6. ' struck down.' 6. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man be jolly. Each room with ivy-leaves is dress'd, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your...
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The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1902 - 522 pages
...been admired ; And, in such brave strains had moved As of all had been approved. A CHRISTMAS CAROI. So now is come our joyfulst feast ; Let every man...with ivy leaves is drest And every post with holly. H3 Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup...
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The Photogram, Volume 5

Photography - 1898 - 646 pages
...That good luck may Come while the log is a-teending. — Herrick. " Lo ! now is come our joyfull'st feast ! Let every man 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 baked...
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The Listening Child: A Selection from the Stores of English Verse, Made for ...

Lucy W. S. Thacher - Children's poetry - 1903 - 466 pages
...gracious acceptation, And that I may well employ Everything which I enjoy. A CHRISTMAS CAROL GEORGE WITHER 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...
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The World's Best Poetry ...

English poetry - 1904 - 776 pages
...LONGFELLOW. CHRISTMAS. 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...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 choke,...
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The World's Best Poetry ...

John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - English poetry - 1904 - 538 pages
...on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! HENRY WADSWORTM LONGFELLOW. CHRISTMAS. 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, Kound your...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 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...with ivy leaves is drest And every post with holly. Ha Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup...
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The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane

City and town life - 1905 - 408 pages
...Then never take a second on, To spoile the first impression. Robert Herrick. Old Christmas ooo <?• O now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man be jolly. Each room with ivy-leaves is dress'd, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your...
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