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.) - 1855 - 590 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 his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 páginas
...out, and obliged to qnaff off a certain measure of ale, as a penalty for "spoiling the king's fire." And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had roll'd, And brought blithe Christmas buek again, With all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 páginas
...is chill' ; But let' | it whis'|tle as' | it will', We'll keep' | our Christ'|mas mer'|ry still' : Each age' | has deemed' | 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... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 378 páginas
...oldest of English songs. Sir WALTEB SCOTT gives us the following picture of an old time Christmas: "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 Saunders - 1856 - 384 páginas
...oldest of English songs. Sir WALTER SCOTT gives us the following picture of an old time Christmas: "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 Saunders - 1856 - 410 páginas
...oldest of English songs. .Sir WALTER SCOTT gives us the following picture of an old time Christmas : 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 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 his hospitable tram. Domestic and religious... | |
| 1857 - 298 páginas
...is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem'd the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer;...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 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 his hospitable train. Domestic and religious... | |
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