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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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The Listening Child: A Selection from the Stories of English Verse Made for ...

Children's poetry - 1899 - 450 pages
...acceptation, And that I may well employ Everything which I enjoy. A CHRISTMAS CAROL GEORGE WITHER §O now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be...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...
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The Listening Child: A Selection from the Stores of English Verse Made for ...

Children's poetry - 1917 - 456 pages
...acceptation, And that I may well employ Everything which I enjoy. A CHRISTMAS CAROL GEORGE WITHER (IJ'O now is come our joyful'st 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...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 13

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...scorne and let her goe ; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come our joyfulst feast; Let every man be...every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repint, Bound your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry....
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 13

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...goe ; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? A CHRISTMAS CAROL. So now is come bur joyfulst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room...every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repin«, Bound your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry....
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 13

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 444 pages
...if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? A CHRISTMAS CABOL. So now is come our joyf ulst feast ; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy...with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Hound your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now all...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ...

John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 886 pages
...Withers Juvenilia is a Christmas carol in which the customs of that season are not overlooked — " Lo I now is come our joyful'st feast ! Let every man be jolly. Each roome with yvie leaves is rtrest, And every post with holly. Now, all our neighbours' chimneys smoke,...
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Myths and Legends of Christmastide

Bertha F. Herrick - 1901 - 28 pages
...Chronicle and ¡s now reprinted by permission from that journal. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CHRISTMASTIDE " Lo ! now is come our joyful'st feast, Let every man be...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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Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events ...

William Francis Dawson - Christmas - 1902 - 402 pages
...Wither, a well-known poet of this period, contains many allusions to the customs of Christmastide : — So, 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 ; Their ovens they with baked meats choke, And all...
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Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events ...

William Francis Dawson - Christmas - 1902 - 388 pages
...Wither, a well-known . poet of this period, contains many allusions to the customs of Christmastide : — So, now is come our joyful'st feast ; Let every man...sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. 1. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with...
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A Little Book of Light Verse

English poetry - 1902 - 270 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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