![]() ![]() The Wassail Bowl (First Line: "Next will I cause my hopeful lad") ![]() The Bell-Man (First Line: "From noise of scare-fires rest ye free") He also included 18 poems, some of which are found both above and below. Vizetelly provided additional biographical notes about Herrick. Saint Distaff's Day ( Partly Work and Partly Play)Ĭandlemas Eve ( Down With The Rosemary, And So)Ĭandlemas Eve ( Down With The Rosemary and Bays) see also: Candlemas Eve CarolĬandlemas Day ( Kindle The Christmas Brand)Īlso found in Henry Vizetelly, Christmas With The Poets (London: David Bogue, 1851), who noted:Īmong all our English poets, the one, who has left us by far the most complete contemporary picture of the Christmas season, was a country clergyman of the reign of Charles I., who held a small living in a remote part of Devonshire. Twelfth Night, or King and Queen ( Now, Now, The Mirth Comes) On Christmas Eve ( Come, Guard This Night) Few writers have been so thoroughly conversant with the popular superstitions of their time, or have so pleasantly interwoven them into their poetry, as Herrick hence his verses have a life-like character and charm which leads captive every reader. The following series of short poems illustrative of old Christmas customs and superstitions is selected from the “Hesperides” of Robert Herrick (1591-1674), first published in 1648. Source: William Henry Husk, Songs of the Nativity (London: John Camden Hotten, 1868) Poems from “Hesperides” of Robert Herrick ![]()
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