 And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night ; On Christmas eve the bells were rung ; On...  The Simple Truth: A Home Book - Página 148por Robert Collyer - 1877 - 151 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 306 páginas
...such barbarous mirth the while, As best might to the mind recall The boisterous joys of Odin's hall. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all its hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
 | Frederick Edwyn Forbes - 1848 - 438 páginas
...of Chinese Ladies. — Other curious Fancies. — Marriage and its Ceremonies. — Funeral Rites. " Each age has deemed the new-born year, The fittest time for festal cheer — In China, as well as elsewhere." ON the 26th of February, 1845, while walking through the streets... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 páginas
...forced to tender; an offering sweet To the bright throne of mercy ; mark This day a festival. i ji .1 And well our Christian sires of old" Loved when the year its course had roH'dV' 'J And brought blithe Christmas back again* AVith all its hospitable tiain. . ; ifvli Domestic... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - 1850 - 276 páginas
...pass afterwards, we shall see in our succeeding stories. CHAPTER III. CHRISTMAS-EVE AT CASTLE GRAY. And well our Christian sires of old Loved, when the year its course had rolled And brought blythe Christmas back again With all its hospitable train. Domestic and religious rite Gave honour... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 páginas
...the wood ! the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We 'l1 keep our merry Christmas still. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 páginas
...the wind' is chill' ; But lef it whis'tle as' it will', We'll keep' our Christ'mas mer'ry still' : Each age' has deem'ed the new'-born year' The fit'test time' for fes'tal cheer' !— SCOTT. Here every other syllable is accented, and every other syllable unaccented. When we understand... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 páginas
...more wood — the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer: Even heathen yet, the savage Dane At lol more deep the mead did dram ; High on the beach his galleys... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 páginas
...wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will We '11 keep our Christmas merry still, о о о о о And well our Christian sires of old Loved, when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 páginas
...the wood ! the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our merry Christmas still. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 páginas
...large painted lanterns, in the construction of which they excel all nations in beauty and ingenuity. " Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer — In China, sa well as elsewhere." On the 26th of February, 1845, while walking through the streets... | |
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