| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pągines
...well doth the Weather and our Stomachs agree. Observe how the Chimneys do smoak all about, The Cooks are providing for Dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables no Victuals appear, O may they keep Lent all the rest of the Year ! With Holly and Ivy so green and so gay ; We deck up... | |
| 1828 - 714 pągines
...about, The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt : But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may they keep Lent All the rest of the year '. With holly and ivy So green and so gay ; yet Christmas day, which is really uncertain, we have made certain ; while Good Friday, which is... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 pągines
...of the year! Now with bright Holly all the temples straw, With Laurel, green, and sacred Mistletoe. With Holly and ivy, So green and so gay, We deck up our houses As fresh as the day Gay. ' ' /' ', '*. r '< t ' ,/ I I ... | |
| William Sandys - 1833 - 368 pągines
...yew, &c. in churches at Christmass, is still in use. And thus Poor Robin's Almanack, in 1695, sings : With holly and ivy, So green and so gay, We deck up our houses As fresli as the day ; . With bays and rosemary, And laurel compleat, And every one now Is a king in conceit.... | |
| William Sandys - 1833 - 370 pągines
...well doth the weather And our stomachs agree. Observe how the chimneys Do smoak all about, The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may they keep Lent All the rest of the year ! But as for curmudgeons, Who will not be free, I wish... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pągines
...year ! Now with bright Holly all the temples sin;-,v, With Laurel, green, and sacred Mistletuc. . Gay. With Holly and ivy, So green and so gay, We deck up our houses As fresh as the day, With hays, and rosemary, And laurel complete ; And every one now ls a king in conceit. From " Poor Eobln's... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pągines
...well doth the weather And our stomachs agree. Observe how the chimneys Do smoke all about ; The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may they keep Lent All the rest of the year!'" Book of Christmas. " It is now complete winter," says... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 468 pągines
...well doth the weather And our stomachs agree. Observe how the chimneys Do smoak all about, The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may they keep Lent All the rest of the year ! With holly and ivy So green and so gay ; We deck up... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 476 pągines
...well doth the weather And our stomachs agree. Observe how the chimneys Do smoak all about, The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may>they keep Lent All the rest of the year ! With holly and ivy So green and so gay ; We deck up... | |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pągines
...doth the weather And our stomachs agree. " Observe how the chimneys Do smoak all about, ' The cooks are providing For dinner, no doubt ; But those on whose tables No victuals appear, O may they keep Lent Jill the rest of the year .'" The same author quotes from a manuscript in the... | |
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