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 - Página 831822Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| English poems - 1863 - 364 páginas
...this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, NUMB lu l1A\h Al IIll1lll Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and...gates were not chidden. When this old cap was new. Black jacks to every man Were fill'd with wine and beer ; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear:... | |
| 1863 - 478 páginas
...were scorn'd : Fond fangles then none knew ; Then modesty women adorn'd, When this old cap was new. Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Black jacks to every man Were fill'd with wine and beer; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear:... | |
| 1863 - 362 páginas
...adorn'd, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall. ' ' Ciood fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and .small...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Black jacks to every man Were fill'd with wine and beer ; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear... | |
| 1863 - 302 páginas
...'d, When this old cap was new. The Holly-tree was poll'd At Christmas for each hall ; There was fire 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 Did in those days appear.... | |
| English ballads - 1864 - 306 páginas
...adorn'd, When this old cap was new. The Holly-tree was poll'd At Christmas for each hall; There was fire 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 Did in those days appear.... | |
| Beauties - 1865 - 96 páginas
...old cap was new. The Old Cap. The Holly-tree was poll'd At Christmas for each hall ; There was fire 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 Did in those days appeal'.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 páginas
...IlCs AXIi PHY AFTER CHRISTMAS. " A man might then hchold At Christmas, in each hull (!ood (ires Io curb the cold. And meat for great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden, And nil had welcome true. The poor from the gates were not chidden When this old cap was new." OLD SONG.... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 450 páginas
...were scorn'd, Fond fangles then none knew; Then modesty women adorn'd, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold At Christmas in each hall, Good...cold, And meat for great and small ; The neighbours friendly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The poor from the gates not chidden, When this old cap... | |
| Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 páginas
...seeing I cannot have more of him. HUE AND GUY AFTER CHRISTMAS. A man might then beheld 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... | |
| James Grant - 1870 - 460 páginas
...days, when, as the old ballad says, — "A man might then hchold, At Christmas in each hall, Good fues to curb the cold, And meat for great and small ; The neighbours kindly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The poor from gates not chidden When this old cap was new."... | |
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