 | 1827 - 452 pàgines
...Priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her k irtle sheen ; The hall wasdressM with holly green t Forth to the wood did merry men go To gather In the mlsletoe. Then opened wide the Baron's hall. The vassal, tenant, serf and all; Power laid his rod of... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pàgines
...Christmas eve the mass was sung; That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donn'd her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dress'd with holly green; Forth to the wood did merry-men go, To gather in the misletoe. Then open'd wide the Baron's hall To vassal, tenant, serf,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pàgines
...sung ; That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel domi'd her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dress'd with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merry-men go, To gather in the misletoe. Then open'd wide the Baron's hall To vassal, tenant, serf,... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1823 - 386 pàgines
...Domestic and religions rite Gave honor to the holy night: On Christinas fine. the bells were rung ;— Forth to the wood did merry men go. To gather in the misletoe. Then opened wide the Baron's hall To Vassal. Tenant, terf and all ; Power laid bis rod of... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pàgines
...year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with Holly green; Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the Misletoe. Then opened wide the baron's hall, To vassal, tenant, serf, nnd all. The ceremonies which... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 pàgines
...Domestic and religious rite Gave honor to the holy night : On Christmas Eve the bells were rang ; — Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the misletoe. Then opened wide the Baron's hall To Vassal, Tenant, serf and all; Power laid his rod of... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pàgines
...night : On Christmas eve the beUs were rung ; The damsel donned her kirtle sheen, The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the mistletoe. Then opened wide the Baron's hall To vassal, tenant, serf, and all ; Power laid his rod of rule aside, And... | |
 | 1830 - 634 pàgines
...gambol oft would cbeer A poor man's heart through half the year. The ball was dressM with holly-green ; Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the Missletoe." M. De Candolle, to prove that the Mistletoe draws its nourishment from the plant on which... | |
 | 1838 - 448 pàgines
...year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the misletoc. Then opened wide the baron's hall To vassal, tenant, *erf, arid all ; Power laid his rod... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pàgines
...countenance to the cause, and simple happiness will again flow through the land, — such times as when " The damsel donn'd her kirtle sheen, The hall was dress'd...Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the misletoe. Then open'd wide the baron's hall, To vassal, tenant, serf, and all ; Power laid his rod... | |
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On Christmas Eve the bells were rung; On Christmas Eve the mass was sung. That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donn'd her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dress'd with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merry... 
