 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden. And all had welcome true. The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 831822Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 778 pages
...as in this little book, whose only fault is that it is so small. WHB THE GREEN TABLE. CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall,...to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all h.ld welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden.... | |
 | Christmas - 1872 - 234 pages
...adorned, When this old cap was new. The holly tree was polled At Christmas for each hall ; There was fire to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : The neighbours were fairly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The poor from the gates were not chidden When this old cap... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 194 pages
...HIS HANDS " . " ECHOING BACK THE JOVIALITY OF LONG-DEPARTED YEARS" RETROSPECT PAGE 153 154 157 159 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. OLD SONG. • HERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...fangles then none knew ; Then modesty women adorned, When this old cap was new. Л man might then behoM, ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, Black jacks to every man Were filled with wine and beer; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 216 pages
...ECHOING BACK. THE JOVIALITY OF LONG-DEPARTED YEARS" . . . . . . . .157 RETROSPECT . . . . . . . -159 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good...great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden, A..J all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. OLD... | |
 | J C Hutchieson - 1878 - 634 pages
...were scorned, Fond fangles then none knew, Then modesty women adorned, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall,...fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : Then neighbours were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...beard left? Well, 1 will have that, seeing I canuot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas.1 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall,...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Old Song.1 THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...adorned, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, Good flres to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : The...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Black jacks to every man Were filled with wine and beer No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear... | |
 | 1880 - 976 pages
...At Christmas in each hntl Good flrea to curh the cold, And meat for great and small ; The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The...the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new.*1 It was a No Sinn's Land, a land of Cockaigne, during the rest of the year, but at Christmas... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 444 pages
...seeing I cauuot have more of him. HOS AND CRY AFTKR CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christinas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden... | |
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