Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses Relating to the Festival of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time |
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The present Carol has been copied from the reprint of the ancient manuscript in
the possession of Thomas Wright , Esq . Another version of it will be found in the “
Reliquiæ Antiquæ , " printed from a MS . in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh .
The present Carol has been copied from the reprint of the ancient manuscript in
the possession of Thomas Wright , Esq . Another version of it will be found in the “
Reliquiæ Antiquæ , " printed from a MS . in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh .
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The following is perhaps the most ancient of all the Boar ' s Head Carols . It is
preserved in a manuscript of the fifteenth century , and was first printed in the “
Reliquiæ Antiquže , ” to which publication it was communicated by Sir Frederic ...
The following is perhaps the most ancient of all the Boar ' s Head Carols . It is
preserved in a manuscript of the fifteenth century , and was first printed in the “
Reliquiæ Antiquže , ” to which publication it was communicated by Sir Frederic ...
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The others have been extracted from the reprint by Mr . Wright , of the ancient
manuscript in his own possession , before alluded to . BONE , God wot ! Sticks in
my throatWithout I have a draught Of cornie ale , Nappy and stale , My life lies in ...
The others have been extracted from the reprint by Mr . Wright , of the ancient
manuscript in his own possession , before alluded to . BONE , God wot ! Sticks in
my throatWithout I have a draught Of cornie ale , Nappy and stale , My life lies in ...
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HE custom of decking houses and churches with evergreens towards the close of
the year , appears to be of very ancient date , it being , in fact , one of those
remnants of Paganism , which , although forbidden by the councils of the early ...
HE custom of decking houses and churches with evergreens towards the close of
the year , appears to be of very ancient date , it being , in fact , one of those
remnants of Paganism , which , although forbidden by the councils of the early ...
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Although a more decorous and even refined style of entertainment had usurped
the place of the boisterous feastings of former times , there was no diminution in
that ancient spirit of hospitality , the exercise of which had become a part of the ...
Although a more decorous and even refined style of entertainment had usurped
the place of the boisterous feastings of former times , there was no diminution in
that ancient spirit of hospitality , the exercise of which had become a part of the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient angels appear Babe bear beef beer birth blessed boar's head born bright bring capon Carols cheer child Christ Christmas Day CHURCH cold comes courtier crown custom dancing dish door doth drink earth eyes face fair fall feast festival fire give glad goose grace green hall hand happy hath heart Heaven holly jolly keep king land leaves light live look Lord maid meat merry minced pies mirth mistletoe morning mother neighbours never night Nowel Old Christmas once peace period play poems poor pray present Prince Ring roast round season seen shepherds sing sleep snow song soul sport summer sweet tell thee things thou tidings tree true unto Wassail Wassail bowl winds wine winter young
Pasajes populares
Página 102 - The oracles are dumb: No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving; Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving; No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Página 101 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow : And with your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Página 68 - Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot...
Página 101 - For, if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back and fetch the age of gold; And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day...
Página 102 - With terror of that blast, Shall from the surface to the centre shake; When at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne.
Página 52 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 139 - Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art.
Página 55 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 58 - An old song made by an aged old pate Of an old worshipful gentleman, who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And the queen's old courtier.
Página 98 - But peaceful was the night, Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses Relating to the Festival of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time |
| Autor | Henry Vizetelly |
| Compilado por | Henry Vizetelly |
| Ilustrado por | Henry Vizetelly, Miles Birket Foster |
| Editor | D. Bogue, 1851 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 13 Jun. 2007 |
| Largo | 191 páginas |
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