 | James Grant Wilson - 1875 - 622 pages
...came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It via a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may in their...White shirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted checks the visors made ; But, 0 ! what masquers, richly flight, Can boast of bosoms half so light !... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 pages
...savoury goose. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, 0 ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...savory goose. Then came the merry maskers in, And enrols roared with blithesome din ; If unm-lodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery ; White skirts supplied the masquerade, . And smutted cheeks the visors made : But, 0, what maskers richly... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...the visors made ; But, 0 ! what masquers, richly dight Can boast of bosoms half so light .' Kngland ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. Still linger in our... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...savory goose. Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery ; White skirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made : But, 0, what maskers richly dight... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...savoury goose.. Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...the visors made ;— But, O ! what maskers, richly clight, ^Can boast of bosoms half so light ! I England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 pages
...savoury goose. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roared with blithsome din ; If nnmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...savory goose. Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din; If umnelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery ; White skirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made : But, 0, what maskers richly dight... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 pages
...mystery; White shirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, O ! what masquers richly dight Can boast of bosoms half so light! England...Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale j 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...a drink composed of apples and ale, used in festivities, " trawls — passes round. If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who...masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made : But Oh ! what maskers richly dight l Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when... | |
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And carols roar*d with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery ; White shirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But... 
