In every place I shall tell this (Coventry Mysteries) .

Welcome Yule

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A Christmas Carol (by Robert Herrick)

The contest of the Ivy and the Holly.

Modryb Marya (by R. S. Hawker)

The Child Jesus (by R. S. Hawker) .

The Shepherds went their hasty way (by S. T. Coleridge).

In the bleak mid-winter (by Miss Christina G. Rossetti)

Masters, in this hall (by Mr. William Morris).

Outlanders, whence come ye last (by Mr. William Morris)

Three damsels in the Queen's chamber (by Mr. A. C. Swin-

burne)

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CARMINA SACRA.

On the morning of Christ's Nativity (by John Milton)

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New Prince, New Pomp (by Robert Southwell).

Christmas (by George Herbert)

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For Christmas Day (by Bishop Hall)

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The Shepherd's Song (by E. Bolton).

A Hymn on the Nativity of my Saviour (by Ben Jonson) .

A Hymn of the Nativity (by Richard Crashaw).

A Hymn for the Epiphany (by Richard Crashaw)

The Angels (by William Drummond)

The Shepherds (by William Drummond)

Of the Epiphany (by Sir John Beaumont)

Where is this blessed Babe (by Jeremy Taylor).

Awake, my Soul, and come away (by Jeremy Taylor)

And they laid Him in a manger (by Sir Edward Sher-
burne)

An ode on the Birth of our Saviour (by Robert Herrick)
Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice (by Francis Kinwel-
mersh)

The Virgin's Cradle-Hymn (by S. T. Coleridge)
A Christmas Lullaby (by Mr. J. A. Symonds).

A Rocking Hymn (by George Wither)

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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS AND CHRISTMAS CHEER.

So now is come our joyfulst feast (by George Wither).
Ceremonies for Christmas (by Robert Herrick)

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A Carol. Bringing in the Boar's Head

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The Boar's Head Carol (as sung at St. John's College,

Oxford, in 1607)

The Wassail (by Robert. Herrick)

A jolly wassail bowl.

We wish you merry Christmas (Wassailing song)

Here we come a whistling.

The young men and maids on New Year's Day.

The Old Year now away is fled

Now Christmas comes, 'tis fit that we

Maids get up and bake your pies

To shorten Winter's sadness

No news of navies burnt at seas (by Robert Herrick)
Now, now the mirth comes (by Robert Herrick)
Christmas in the Olden Time (by Sir Walter Scott)
Christmas Minstrelsy (by William Wordsworth)

FAREWELL TO CHRISTMAS.

Mark well my heavy doleful tale

Now farewell, good Christmas

Christmas hath made an end

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