 | Ballads, English - 1863 - 302 pages
...ladies gay ! MERRY CHRISTMAS. U'ritten by George Wither. O, now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let ev'ry man be jolly : Each room with ivy leaves is drest,...wine, 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 362 pages
...Governor of Farnham sent to the treated with great ', in 1667. confineHis g,"but his shorter pieces Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your...twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all he merry. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they... | |
 | Henry Moody (curator of the Winchester mus.) - 1863 - 298 pages
...peculiarly appropriate to the season, rehearsed his sonnet commencing — " 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 neighbour's chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning, Their ovens they with bak'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 478 pages
...ideas. His principal poem is "The Shepherd's Hunting," but his shorter pieces are better known.] • So now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly; Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 pages
...ladies gay ! MERRY CHRISTMAS. Written by George Wither. O, now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let ev'ry man be jolly : Each room with ivy leaves is drest,...wine, 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book. ©corgc tUttl)cr. CHRISTMAS. OO now is come our joyful'st feast ; ^ Let every man...wine, And let us all be merry. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Without the door let sorrow lie ; And if for cold... | |
 | James Cundall - 1866 - 554 pages
...With us it is more generally observed as a feast. George Withers says, ' ' So now is come our joyful feast ; Let every man be jolly; Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly." DECEMBER 27TH. LAURESTINUS. — (Viburnum timts.) WE have now arrived near to the close of the year,... | |
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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.... 
