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Title: In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV

Author: Harrison S. Morris

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Language: English

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IN THE
YULE-LOG GLOW


CHRISTMAS POEMS FROM
'ROUND THE WORLD


"Sic as folk tell ower at a winter ingle"

Scott


EDITED BY

HARRISON S. MORRIS


IN FOUR BOOKS

Book IV.


PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1900.




Some cottages can be seen to the left of a snow covered landscape. A tree, bare of leaves and covered with snow stands to the left of the foreground. Christmas Weather




Copyright, 1891, by J. B. Lippincott Company.




Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

ILLUSTRATIONS, BOOK IV.

Christmas Weather Frontispiece.
"What Can I Give Him?" Page 90
The Season's Reveries "  174
"Too Happy, Happy Tree" "  212

CONTENTS OF BOOK IV.

Sung Under The Window. PAGE
Who's There? 9
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 10
Welcome Yule 12
Angel Heralds 14
The Matchless Maiden 15
Remember, O Thou Man 16
The Singers in the Snow 19
A Christmas Chorus 21
Three Ships 22
Jacob's Ladder 24
Saint Stephen, the Clerk 26
The Carnal and the Crane 29
The Holy Well 35
The Holly and the Ivy 38
The Contest of the Vines 39
Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ 41
Christmas Minstrelsy 43
The Old, Old Story 47
A Christmas Ballad 49
A French Noël[A] 52
Masters, in this Hall 54
 
The Worship Of The Babe.  
To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child 59
Honor to the King 60
New Prince, New Pomp 62
Of the Epiphany 64
A Hymn for the Epiphany 66
A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour 68
At Christmas 70
New Heaven, New War 72
For Christmas Day 73
Sung to the King in the Presence at Whitehall 75
And They Laid Him in a Manger 77
The Burning Babe 79
Christ's Nativity 81
An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour 83
Who Can Forget? 85
The Child Jesus 87
Long Ago 89
Star of Bethlehem 91
No Room 92
On Christmas Day 94
The Heavenly Choir 96
   
The Wassail-Bowl.  
Wassail 103
Invitation à Faire Noël 105
A Thanksgiving 107
Around the Wassail-Bowl 108
From Door to Door 111
Wassailing Carol 113
A Carol at the Gates 116
Wandering Wassailers 118
Bring Us in Good Ale 120
About the Board 122
Before the Feast 123
A Bill of Christmas Fare 125
The Mahogany-Tree 126
A Christmas Ceremony 129
With Cakes and Ale 129
The Masque of Christmas 130
   
Santa Claus.  
A Visit from St. Nicholas 145
The Hard Times in Elfland[B] 148
Old Christmas 156
Mrs. Santa Claus 158
Santa Claus to Little Ethel 163
   
The Season's Reveries.  
Guests at Yule 169
Christmas in India 171
Christmas Violets 174
Dickens Returns on Christmas Day 175
A Grief at Christmas 176
My Sister's Sleep 183
Christmas in Edinborough. I. 186
Christmas in Edinborough. II. 187
Around the Christmas Lamp 188
Christmas Eve 189
Wonderland 190
Waiting 192
Aunt Mary 193
The Glad New Day 195
Under the Holly Bough 196
The Dawn of Christmas 198
Ballade of Christmas Ghosts 200
The Village Christmas 202
Winter 203
December 204
Christmas Weather in Scotland 205
Sir Galahad 212
A Thought for the Time 213
Ballade of the Winter Fireside 214
A Catch by the Hearth 216
Sally in Our Alley 217
Little Mother 218
Occident and Orient 220
The Blessed Day 225
Christmas in Cuba[C] 227
Farewell to Christmas 229
The New Year 231
A Happy New Year 234
New-Year's Gifts 236
The End of the Play 238
Finis 240


FOOTNOTES:

[A] By the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

[B] By the courtesy of Messrs. Charles Scribners' Sons.

[C] By the courtesy of Messrs. Harper & Bros.

Sung Under The Window.

"This carol they began that hour
 With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino!"

Shakespeare.

WHO'S THERE?

Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell,
 Who ys there that syngith so, nowell, nowell, nowell?
I am here, syre Christmasse!
 Well come, my lord syre Christmasse,
 Welcome to us all, bothe more and lesse,
 Come nere, nowell!
Dieu vous garde, beau syre, tydinges you bryng:
 A mayd hath born a chylde full yong,
 The weche causeth yew for to syng,
 Nowell!
Criste is now born of a pure mayde,
 In an oxe stalle he ys layde,
 Wher'for syng we alle atte abrayde
 Nowell!
Bebbex bien par tutte la company,
 Make gode chere and be right mery,
 And syng with us now joyfully,
 Nowell!

GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN.

God rest you merry, gentlemen,
 Let nothing you dismay,
 For Jesus Christ our Saviour
 Was born upon this day
 To save us all from Satan's power
 When we were gone astray.
 O tidings of comfort and joy,
 For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.
In Bethlehem in Jewry
 This blessed babe was born,
 And laid within a manger
 Upon this blessed morn;
 The which His mother Mary
 Nothing did take in scorn.
 O tidings, etc.
From God our Heavenly Father
 A blessed angel came,
 And unto certain shepherds
 Brought tidings of the same,
 How that in Bethlehem was born
 The Son of God by name.
 O tidings, etc.
Fear not, then said the angel,
 Let nothing you affright,
 This day is born a Saviour
 Of virtue, power, and might;
 So frequently to vanquish all
 The friends of Satan quite.
 O tidings, etc.
The shepherds at those tidings
 Rejoicéd much in mind,
 And left their flocks a-feeding
 In tempest, storm, and wind,
 And went to Bethlehem straightway
 This blessed babe to find.
 O tidings, etc.
But when to Bethlehem they came,
 Whereat this infant lay,
 They found Him in a manger
 Where oxen feed on hay;
 His mother Mary kneeling
 Unto the Lord did pray.
 O tidings, etc.
Now to the Lord sing praises,
 All you within this place,
 And with true love and brotherhood
 Each other now embrace;
 This holy tide of Christmas
 All others doth deface.
 O tidings, etc.

WELCOME YULE.

Welcome Yule, thou merry man,
 In worship of this holy day.
Welcome be thou, heaven-king,
 Welcome born in one morning,
 Welcome for whom we shall sing,
 Welcome Yule.
Welcome be ye, Stephen and John,
 Welcome Innocents, every one,
 Welcome Thomas Martyr one,
 Welcome Yule.
Welcome be ye, good New Year,
 Welcome Twelfth Day, both in fere,[D]
 Welcome saintés lef[E] and dear,
 Welcome Yule.
Welcome be ye, Candlemas,
 Welcome be ye, Queen of Bliss,
 Welcome both to more and less,
 Welcome Yule.
Welcome be ye that are here,
 Welcome all and make good cheer;
 Welcome all, another year,
 Welcome Yule.

Ritson's Ancient Songs.


FOOTNOTES:

[D] Together.

[E] Loved.

ANGEL HERALDS.

As Joseph was a-walking,
 He heard an angel sing:
 "This night shall be born
 Our Heavenly King;
"He neither shall be born
 In housen nor in hall,
 Nor in the place of Paradise,
 But in an ox's stall;
"He neither shall be clothéd
 In purple nor in pall,
 But all in fair linen,
 As we were babies all.
"He neither shall be rocked
 In silver nor in gold,
 But in a wooden cradle
 That rocks on the mould.
"He neither shall be christened
 In white wine nor in red,
 But with fair spring-water
 With which we were christenéd."

THE MATCHLESS MAIDEN.

I sing of a maiden
 That is makeless;[F]
 King of all kings
 To her son she ches;[G]
He came also[H] still
 There His mother was,
 As dew in April
 That falleth on the grass.
He came also still
 To His mother's bower,
 As dew in April
 That falleth on the flower.
He came also still
 There His mother lay,
 As dew in April
 That falleth on the spray.
Mother and maiden
 Was never none but she;
 Well may such a lady
 God's mother be.

Wright's Songs and Carols.


FOOTNOTES:

[F] Matchless.

[G] Chose.

[H] As.

REMEMBER, O THOU MAN.

Remember, O thou Man,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 Remember, O thou Man,
 Thy time is spent.
 Remember, O thou Man,
 How thou earnest to me then,
 And I did what I can,
 Therefore repent.
Remember Adam's fall,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 Remember Adam's fall
 From Heaven to Hell.
 Remember Adam's fall,
 How we were condemnéd all
 To Hell perpetual,
 There for to dwell.
Remember God's goodness,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 Remember God's goodness
 And promise made.
 Remember God's goodness,
 How His only Son He sent
 Our sins for to redress,
 Be not afraid.
The Angels all did sing,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 The Angels all did sing
 On Sion hill.
 The Angels all did sing
 Praises to our heavenly king,
 And peace to man living,
 With right good-will.
The Shepherds amazed was,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 The Shepherds amazed was
 To hear the angels sing.
 The Shepherds amazed was
 How this should come to pass,
 That Christ our Messias
 Should be our King.
To Bethlehem did they go,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 To Bethlehem did they go
 This thing to see.
 To Bethlehem did they go
 To see whether it was so,
 Whether Christ was born or no,
 To set us free.
As the Angels before did say,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 As the Angels before did say,
 So it came to pass.
 As the Angels before did say,
 They found Him wrapt in hay
 In a manger where He lay,
 So poor He was.
In Bethlehem was He born,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 In Bethlehem was He born
 For mankind dear.
 In Bethlehem was He born
 For us that were forlorn,
 And therefore took no scorn
 Our sins to bear.
In a manger laid He was,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 In a manger laid He was
 At this time present.
 In a manger laid He was
 Between an ox and an ass,
 And all for our trespass,
 Therefore repent.
Give thanks to God always,
 O thou Man, O thou Man;
 Give thanks to God always
 With hearts most jolly.
 Give thanks to God always
 Upon this blessed day,
 Let all men sing and say,
 Holy, Holy.

Ravenscroft's Melismata, A.D. 1611.

THE SINGERS IN THE SNOW.

God bless the master of this house
 And all that are therein,
 And to begin this Christmas tide
 With mirth now let us sing.
 For the Saviour of all people
 Upon this time was born,
 Who did from death deliver us.
 When we were left forlorn.
Then let us all most merry be,
 And sing with cheerful voice,
 For we have good occasion now
 This time for to rejoice.
 For, etc.
Then put away contention all,
 And fall no more at strife,
 Let every man with cheerfulness
 Embrace his loving wife.
 For, etc.
With plenteous food your houses store,
 Provide some wholesome cheer,
 And call your friends together
 That live both far and near.
 For, etc.
Then let us all most merry be,
 Since that we are come here,
 And we do hope before we part
 To taste some of your beer.
 For, etc.
Your beer, your beer, your Christmas beer,
 That seems to be so strong;
 And we do wish that Christmas-tide
 Was twenty times so long.
 For, etc.
Then sing with voices cheerfully,
 For Christ this time was born,
 Who did from death deliver us,
 When we were left forlorn.
 For, etc.

A CHRISTMAS CHORUS.

Here is joy for every age—
 Every generation;
 Prince and peasant, chief and sage,
 Every tongue and nation,
 Every tongue and nation,
 Every rank and station,
 Hath to-day salvation.
 Alleluia!
When the world drew near its close,
 Came our Lord and leader;
 From the lily came the rose,
 From the bush the cedar,
 From the bush the cedar,
 From the judge the pleader,
 From the saint the feeder.
 Alleluia!
God, that came on earth this morn,
 In a manger lying,
 Hallow'd birth by being born,
 Vanquished death by dying,
 Vanquished death by dying,
 Rallied back the flying,
 Ended sin and sighing.
 Alleluia!

THREE SHIPS.

I saw three ships come sailing in,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 I saw three ships come sailing in,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
And what was in those ships all three,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day?
 And what was in those ships all three,
 On Christmas day in the morning?
Our Saviour Christ and His lady,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 Our Saviour Christ and His lady,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
Pray whither sailed those ships all three,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day?
 Pray whither sailed those ships all three,
 On Christmas day in the morning?
O they sailed into Bethlehem,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day,
 O they sailed into Bethlehem,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 And all the bells on earth shall ring,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the angels in heaven shall sing,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 And all the angels in heaven shall sing,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
And all the souls on earth shall sing,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 And all the souls on earth shall sing,
 On Christmas day in the morning.
Then let us all rejoice amain,
 On Christmas day, on Christmas day;
 Then let us all rejoice amain,
 On Christmas day in the morning.

JACOB'S LADDER.