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Christmas in Poetry


Printed in the United States of America


CONTENTS

As Joseph Was A-Walking
From The Cherry Tree Carol
[31]
Boots and Saddles
Provençal Noël of Nicholas Saboly
[7]
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella!
Provençal Noël of Nicholas Saboly
[29]
Carol
William Canton
[34]
Carol
Kenneth Grahame
[9]
Carol in Praise of the Holly and Ivy
Fifteenth Century Carol
[45]
Carol of the Birds
Bas-Quercy
[23]
Carol of the Russian Children
Russian Folk Song
[11]
Ceremonies for Christmas
Robert Herrick
[46]
Child’s Present to His Child-Saviour
Robert Herrick
[35]
Christmas
Nahum Tate
[16]
Christmas Carol
Old English Carol
[1]
Christmas Carol
Translated from the Neapolitan
[19]
Christmas Carol
Josiah Gilbert Holland
[36]
Christmas Carol
Christine G. Rossetti
[33]
Christmas Eve
John Davidson
[21]
Christmas Eve—Another Ceremony
Robert Herrick
[47]
Christmas Eve—Another Ceremony to the Maids
Robert Herrick
[47]
Christmas Folksong
Lisette Woodworth Reese
[30]
Christmas Hymn
C. Frances Alexander
[14]
Christmas Silence
Margaret Deland
[28]
Cradle Hymn
Martin Luther
[32]
From Far Away
William Morris
[2]
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
Dinah Maria Mulock
[42]
Golden Carol
Old Carol
[20]
Good King Wenceslas
Translated from the Latin by J. M. Neale
[38]
Least of Carols
Sophie Jewett
[26]
Lordings, Listen to Our Lay
Old Carol
[4]
Nativity Song
Sophie Jewett
[27]
Neighbors of Bethlehem
Thirteenth Century French Carol
[10]
Our Joyful Feast
George Wither
[48]
Shepherd Who Stayed
Theodosia Garrison
[37]
Shepherds Had an Angel
Christina G. Rossetti
[24]
Signs of Christmas
Edwin Lees
[12]
Song of a Shepherd Boy at Bethlehem
Josephine Preston Peabody
[25]
Story of the Shepherd
Translated from the Spanish
[17]
’Twas Jolly, Jolly Wat
C. W. Stubbs
[5]
Wassail Song
Old Devonshire Carol
[43]
Wassailer’s Song
Robert Southwell
[44]
We Three Kings
J. H. Hopkins, jr.
[40]