In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 / Christmas Poems from 'round the World
Sic as folk tell ower at a winter ingle
Scott
PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1900.
Copyright, 1891, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
Fancy, if you will, Gentle Reader, that, between the intervals of tale-telling,—the Yule-log still ruddy upon the visages of your fellow-guests from many lands,—fancy that a quiet traveller draws out of his side-pocket a little, well-worn pair of books from which he reads some scrap of verse or some melodious Christmas poem. Fancy, too, that, beneath the inn windows, in the snow outside, an occasional band of the Waits strikes up an ancient carol with voice and horn, begging, when the music is done, admittance to the glowing warmth within doors and a share in the plenteous cakes and ale.
Imagine this, if you will, and choose, from the pages to come, whatever of old or new will fit well into the conceit; for not a few carols or legends lie there which have done service under the snow-covered gables or by the crackling wood, and which will help, with their quaint heartiness or simple beauty, to realize the charm of Christmas the world around,—that charm which flows from hearty and generous good-will towards men; which has for its inner light the kindly desire for peace on earth.
Tell sweet old tales, Sing songs as we sit bending o'er the hearth, Till the lamp flickers and the memory fails.
Frederick Tennyson.
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EDITED BY
HARRISON S. MORRIS
THREE VOLUMES IN ONE.
Book III.
BETWEEN THE TALE-TELLING.
ILLUSTRATIONS, BOOK III.
CONTENTS OF BOOK III.
FOOTNOTES:
THE HALLOWED TIME.
ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.
THE FIRST ROMAN CHRISTMAS.
THE THREE DAMSELS.
KING OLAF'S CHRISTMAS.
HALBERT AND HOB.
GOOD KING WENCESLAS.
THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST.
CHRISTMAS AT SEA.
"LAST CHRISTMAS WAS A YEAR AGO."
A CHRISTMAS "NOW."
CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOMS.
FOOTNOTE:
MERRY SOULS.
CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME.
CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS.
FOOTNOTE:
BRINGING IN THE BOAR'S HEAD.
THE BOAR'S HEAD CAROL.
TO BE EATEN WITH MUSTARD.
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING.
PRAISE OF CHRISTMAS.
WINTER'S DELIGHTS.
A CHRISTMAS CATCH.
THE EPIC.
THE COUNTRY LIFE.
CHRISTMAS OMNIPRESENT.
AN OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS-TIDE.
SIGNS OF CHRISTMAS.
THE MISTLETOE.
CHRISTMAS OF OLD.
FOOTNOTE:
A PLEA FOR A PRESENT.
A NEW-YEAR'S GIFT SENT TO SIR SIMEON STEWARD.
THE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.
AN INVITATION TO THE REVEL.
A CHRISTMAS DITTY.
AT THE END OF THE FEAST.
TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, KING AND QUEEN.
CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS EVE.
ANOTHER CEREMONY.
THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS DAY.
ANOTHER CEREMONY.
SAINT DISTAFF'S DAY, THE MORROW AFTER TWELFTH DAY.
ON OATEN PIPES.
PIPE-PLAYING.
THE FIRST CAROL.
IN BETHLEHEM.
A CAROL IN THE PASTURES.
THE SHEPHERDS.
ON SHEPHERDS' PIPES.
ANGEL TIDINGS.
THE NEWS-BEARERS.
HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY.
A HYMN OF THE NATIVITY.
SUNG BY THE SHEPHERD.
FROM "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
OLD CHRISTMAS RETURNED.
THE TRENCHERMAN.
BAN AND BLESSING.
THRICE WELCOME!
CHRISTMAS PROVENDER.
GLEE AND SOLACE.
ON SAINT JOHN'S DAY.
CHRISTMAS ALMS.
CHRISTMAS AT THE ROUND TABLE.
A CAROL AT THE MANGER.
A DREAM CAROL.
FOOTNOTES:
THE KING IN THE CRADLE.
MADONNA AND CHILD.
FOOTNOTES:
A ROCKING HYMN.
A CRADLE-SONG OF THE VIRGIN.
WHISPERING PALMS.
A CHRISTMAS LULLABY.
THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE-HYMN.
THE SOVEREIGN.
THE VIRGIN MARY TO THE CHILD JESUS.
FOOTNOTE:
A BEDSIDE DITTY.
GIVEN BACK ON CHRISTMAS MORN.
A LULLING SONG.
GOOD-NIGHT.