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Love Is The Whole
A STORY FOR CHILDREN. This is a story about some c...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
DINAH MARIA MULOCK God rest ye, merry gentle...

Christmas On Big Rattle
THEODORE GOODRIDGE ROBERTS ARCHER sat by the rude ...

A Christmas Letter From Australia
DOUGLAS SLADEN 'Tis Christmas, and the North win...

Is There A Santa Claus?
_The following, reprinted from the editorial page of th...

The Ceremonies For Christmas Day
ROBERT HERRICK Kindle the Christmas brand, a...

Christmas At Fezziwig's Warehouse
CHARLES DICKENS Yo ho! my boys, said Fezziwig. No mo...

The Boar's Head Carol

(Sung at Queen's College, Oxford.)

The boar's head in hand bear I,
Bedecked with bays and rosemary;
And I pray you, my masters, be merry,
Quot estis in convivio.
_Caput apri defero
Reddens laudes domino._

The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico.
_Caput apri defero
Reddens laudes domino._

Our steward hath provided this
In honour of the King of bliss;
Which on this day to be served is
In Reginensi Atrio.
_Caput apri defero
Reddens laudes domino._





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