 | 1864 - 108 страници
...cheeks the visors made ; But, 0 ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. <£|)ristas <&owfs but (Dita <t gtsr. (THOMAS MILLER.) THOSE Christmas bells so sweetly chime, As on... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 страници
...cheeks the visors made ; Hut, 0 ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. Still linger, in our northern clime, Some remnants of the good old time ; And still, within our valleys... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1865 - 424 страници
...smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, 0 ! what maskers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale ; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 страници
...! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports a gen ! 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale ; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest...could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year ! THE SPARTAN LAD. REV. D H. GEOROE ASPINALL. THE Grecian mother took the shield, Her features stern... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 страници
...Knj;l;ind wan merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest...could cheer The poor man's heart through half the Some remnants of the good old tin And still, within our valleys here, We hold the kindred title dear.... | |
 | 1866 - 452 страници
...England was merry England then ; Old Christmas brought his sports again ; 'Twos Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale ; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft would cheer A poor man's heart through half the year." The custom of decking the houses and churches... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 страници
...cheeks the visors made ; But, О ! what maskers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 страници
...England, when Old Christmas brought nis sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest alo; 'Twos Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor num's heart through hall the year. Still linger in our northern clime, Some remnants of the good old... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1874 - 674 страници
...Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year." TI-SMZK (1520— IfiSO). " England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year." SCOTT. THE house of a Yorkshire yeoman as it existed from thirty to fifty years ago is quickly, through... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 160 страници
...cheeks the visors made ; But, oh ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought...could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year " It has been supposed that the mince-pies and plum-puddings — without which no Christinas board... | |
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Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. 
