Kindle the Christmas brand, and then
Till sunset let it burn,
Which quenched, then lay it up again
Till Christmas next return.
Part must be kept, wherewith to teend
The Christmas log next year,
And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend
Can do no mischief there.
Robert Herrick.
ANOTHER CEREMONY.
End now the white-loaf and the pie,
And let all sports with Christmas die.
Robert Herrick.