Scenes of the Olden TimeT. Nelson and Sons, 1867 - 128 sider |
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Side iv
... without any exaggeration of colouring . The Past has its lessons , if we study it in a proper spirit ; lessons which may serve for the behoof of the Present . CONTENTS Decay of its Observance - Origin of the Name iv Preface .
... without any exaggeration of colouring . The Past has its lessons , if we study it in a proper spirit ; lessons which may serve for the behoof of the Present . CONTENTS Decay of its Observance - Origin of the Name iv Preface .
Side 13
... present delight here ; Be a King by the lot , And who shall not Be Twelfth - Day Queen for the night here : " Which known , let us make Joy - sops with the cake ; And let not a man then be seen here , Who unurged will not drink , To the ...
... present delight here ; Be a King by the lot , And who shall not Be Twelfth - Day Queen for the night here : " Which known , let us make Joy - sops with the cake ; And let not a man then be seen here , Who unurged will not drink , To the ...
Side 19
... present instance , the names of particular saints instead of those of women , and as the festival of the Lupercalia had commenced about the middle of February , they appear to have chosen St. Valentine's Day for celebrating the new ...
... present instance , the names of particular saints instead of those of women , and as the festival of the Lupercalia had commenced about the middle of February , they appear to have chosen St. Valentine's Day for celebrating the new ...
Side 21
... present gener- ally goes to the young lady . Valentines are of great antiquity in England . An allusion to them occurs in the " Paston Letters , " dating about 1476. The gifts differed in value , of course , according to the rank and ...
... present gener- ally goes to the young lady . Valentines are of great antiquity in England . An allusion to them occurs in the " Paston Letters , " dating about 1476. The gifts differed in value , of course , according to the rank and ...
Side 22
... present . I recommend my young readers to revive this admirable practice for the benefit of their aunts , grandmothers , and other generous relatives . • It was an old English belief , that the birds selected their mates on St ...
... present . I recommend my young readers to revive this admirable practice for the benefit of their aunts , grandmothers , and other generous relatives . • It was an old English belief , that the birds selected their mates on St ...
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ancestors April archery armour arrows battle of Naseby beautiful birds blossoms boughs bowman brave bright called carol celebrated ceremony Charles the bold cheer chivalry Christmas Christmas pie colour crown custom dance delight dressed Duke earth English eyes fair famous fancy favourite feast festival flowers garlands genial gentle girl glory gold grace green greenwood hand happy harvest HARVEST CUSTOMS hawk heart heralds Herrick holly honour horse Joust Joute king knights ladies lance Lord Lupercalia maiden martial music May-day May-pole merry England mirth mistletoe morning mumming noble o'er olden pastime pleasant poet prince prize Queen reign Ring Robin Hood rode Roger Ascham Roman rose round Saxon says scenes shaft shoot Shooter's Hill sing song spear sport squires steeds striketh sweet thee thou tium tournament tourney trees trumpet Twelfth Day Valentine Valentine's Day wassail whoso breaketh woods young
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Side 37 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Side 89 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells.
Side 119 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Side 60 - Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.
Side 89 - Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers; And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook; Or by a cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.
Side 105 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
Side 46 - Last May we made a crown of flowers: we had a merry day; Beneath the hawthorn on the green they made me Queen of May; And we danced about the may-pole and in the hazel copse, Till Charles's Wain came out above the tall white chimney-tops.
Side 19 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I early rose, just at the break of day, Before the sun had chased the stars away; A-field I went, amid the morning dew, To milk my kine (for so should...
Side 98 - SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now, all our neighbours...
Side 41 - It was anciently the custom for all ranks of people to go out a maying on the first of May. It is on record that King Henry VIII. and Queen Katharine partook of this diversion" (STEEVENS): "Stowe says, that, 'in the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods ; there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the noise [ie music] of birds, praising God in their kind.