And swiftly shrunk away,
And straight I called unto my mind
That it was Christmas Day.
Robert Southwell
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
The holly and the ivy,
Now both are full-well grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood,
And swiftly shrunk away,
And straight I called unto my mind
That it was Christmas Day.
Robert Southwell
The holly and the ivy,
Now both are full-well grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood,