A Book of Christmas Verse

About this eBook

Compiler

Beeching, H. C. (Henry Charles), 1859-1919

Title

A book of Christmas verse

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1926.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Christmas poetry

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70928

Release Date

June 6, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS VERSE
2. 2.PUBLISHER’S NOTE
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.EARLY CAROLS — 1. WELCOME YULE — 2. I SING OF A MAIDEN — 3. AS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING — 4. NOW IS CHRISTËMAS YCOME — 5. THIS ENDRIS NIGHT — 6. LULLAY, MY LIKING, MY DEAR SON — 7. SAINT STEPHEN WAS A CLERK — 8. THE SHEPHERDS’ OFFERINGS — 9. CAN I NOT SING BUT HOY! — 10. WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN OF MARY FREE — 11. BE WE MERRY IN THIS FEAST — 12. MAN, BE MERRY AS BIRD ON BERRY — 13. ALL THIS TIME THIS SONG IS BEST — 14. MATER, ORA FILIUM — 15. EYA, JESUS HODIE — 16. AVE MARIS STELLA — 17. NOËL, NOËL, NOËL, NOËL — 18. OF A ROSE, A LOVELY ROSE
5. 5.TRADITIONAL CAROLS — 19. GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN — 20. REMEMBER, O THOU MAN — 21. I SAW THREE SHIPS
6. 6.LATER POEMS AND CAROLS — 22. ON THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST — 23. THE BURNING BABE — 24. NEW PRINCE, NEW POMP — 25. NEW HEAVEN, NEW WAR — 26. A CHILD MY CHOICE — 27. NATIVITY — 28. FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 29. A HYMN ON THE NATIVITY OF MY SAVIOUR — 30. THE SHEPHERDS’ SONG — 31. OF THE EPIPHANY — 32. THE ANGELS — 33. THE SHEPHERDS — 34. A ROCKING HYMN — 35. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS — 36. WHO CAN FORGET? — 37. A CHRISTMAS CAROL — 38. AN ODE ON THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR — 39. CHRISTMAS — 40. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST’S NATIVITY — 41. A HYMN OF THE NATIVITY — 42. SATAN’S SIGHT OF THE NATIVITY — 43. A HYMN FOR THE EPIPHANY — 44. HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 45. HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 46. CHRISTMAS DAY — 47. SONNET XXV — 48. ON THE NATIVITY OF OUR SAVIOUR — 49. THE SHEPHERDS — 50. CHRIST’S NATIVITY — 51. AND THEY LAID HIM IN A MANGER — 52. AT THE SIGN OF THE HEART — 53. LODGED IN AN INN — 54. YET IF HIS MAJESTY OUR SOVEREIGN LORD — 55. AND ART THOU COME, BLEST BABE? — 56. SONG OF THE ANGELS AT THE NATIVITY — 57. SHEPHERDS, REJOICE — 58. A CRADLE SONG — 59. A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 60. A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 61. A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 62. THE SHEPHERDS WENT THEIR HASTY WAY — 63. FROM OTTFRIED’S PARAPHRASE OF THE GOSPEL — 64. THE VIRGIN’S CRADLE HYMN — 65. BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING! — 66. THEY LEAVE THE LAND OF GEMS AND GOLD — 67. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR BELLS — 68. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE — 69. CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY — 70. A CHRISTMAS CAROL — 71. A CHRISTMAS CAROL — 72. MASTERS, IN THIS HALL — 73. OUTLANDERS, WHENCE COME YE LAST? — 74. SIR GALAHAD, A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY — 75. AISHAH SCHECHINAH — 76. KING ARTHUR’S WAES-HAEL — 77. REGINA COELI — 78. MARY MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE, COMPARED TO THE AIR WE BREATHE — 79. A MEDITATION FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 80. A MORNING SONG FOR CHRISTMAS DAY — 81. CHRISTMAS AT SEA — 82. UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN — 83. NOEL: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1913 — 84. NOËL — 85. A CHRISTMAS CAROL — 86. THE CREATURES’ NOWEL — 87. THE HEAVENLY NOEL — 88. CAROL — 89. CHRISTMAS CAROL — 90. THE OXEN — 91. HOW FAR IS IT TO BETHLEHEM? — 92. EPIPHANY
7. 7.POEMS ON CHRISTMAS MERRY-MAKING — 93. NOWELL, NOWELL, NOWELL, NOWELL — 94. MAN, BE JOYFUL. — 95. MAKE WE MERRY — 96. HOLLY AND IVY — 97. ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA — 98. IVY CHIEF OF TREES IT IS — 99. NAY, IVY, NAY — 100. HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY — 101. CAPUT APRI DEFERO — 102. NOWEL, NOWEL, NOWEL, NOWEL — 103. PROFACE, WELCOME, WELCOME — 104. CHRISTMAS MERRY-MAKING — 105. CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS — 106. THE WASSAIL — 107. TWELFTH NIGHT — 108. TO SIR SIMOND STEWARD — 109. SONG — 110. SONG — 111. THE DAMSEL DONN’D HER KIRTLE SHEEN — 112. WINTER WAS NOT UNKIND — 113. BALLADE OF CHRISTMAS GHOSTS — 114. CHRISTMAS EVE — 115. NOW HAVE GOOD DAY!
8. 8.LATIN HYMNS — 116. PUER NATUS IN BETHLEHEM — 117. HEU QUID JACES STABULO — 118. ADESTE FIDELES — 119. CORDE NATUS EX PARENTIS — 120. AVE JESU, DEUS MAGNE — 121. NOWELL, NOWELL, NOWELL
9. 9.INDEX OF AUTHORS
10. 10.INDEX OF FIRST LINES
11. 11.Untitled

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