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              IN THE
                 YULE-LOG GLOW


              CHRISTMAS POEMS FROM
                'ROUND THE WORLD


  "Sic as folk tell ower at a winter ingle"
                                            _Scott_


                   EDITED BY
               HARRISON S. MORRIS


                IN FOUR BOOKS
                   Book IV.


                 PHILADELPHIA
            J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
                     1900.


[Illustration: Christmas Weather]


Copyright, 1891, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA.




ILLUSTRATIONS, BOOK IV.


CHRISTMAS WEATHER                              Frontispiece.

"WHAT CAN I GIVE HIM?"                               Page 90

THE SEASON'S REVERIES                                 "  174

"TOO HAPPY, HAPPY TREE"                               "  212




CONTENTS OF BOOK IV.


SUNG UNDER THE WINDOW.                                  PAGE

  Who's There?                                             9

  God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen                           10

  Welcome Yule                                            12

  Angel Heralds                                           14

  The Matchless Maiden                                    15

  Remember, O Thou Man                                    16

  The Singers in the Snow                                 19

  A Christmas Chorus                                      21

  Three Ships                                             22

  Jacob's Ladder                                          24

  Saint Stephen, the Clerk                                26

  The Carnal and the Crane                                29

  The Holy Well                                           35

  The Holly and the Ivy                                   38

  The Contest of the Vines                                39

  Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ                         41

  Christmas Minstrelsy                                    43

  The Old, Old Story                                      47

  A Christmas Ballad                                      49

  A French Noel[A]                                        52

  Masters, in this Hall                                   54


THE WORSHIP OF THE BABE.

  To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child          59

  Honor to the King                                       60

  New Prince, New Pomp                                    62

  Of the Epiphany                                         64

  A Hymn for the Epiphany                                 66

  A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour                    68

  At Christmas                                            70

  New Heaven, New War                                     72

  For Christmas Day                                       73

  Sung to the King in the Presence at Whitehall           75

  And They Laid Him in a Manger                           77

  The Burning Babe                                        79

  Christ's Nativity                                       81

  An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour                      83

  Who Can Forget?                                         85

  The Child Jesus                                         87

  Long Ago                                                89

  Star of Bethlehem                                       91

  No Room                                                 92

  On Christmas Day                                        94

  The Heavenly Choir                                      96


THE WASSAIL-BOWL.

  Wassail                                                103

  Invitation a Faire Noel                                105

  A Thanksgiving                                         107

  Around the Wassail-Bowl                                108

  From Door to Door                                      111

  Wassailing Carol                                       113

  A Carol at the Gates                                   116

  Wandering Wassailers                                   118

  Bring Us in Good Ale                                   120

  About the Board                                        122

  Before the Feast                                       123

  A Bill of Christmas Fare                               125

  The Mahogany-Tree                                      126

  A Christmas Ceremony                                   129

  With Cakes and Ale                                     129

  The Masque of Christmas                                130


SANTA CLAUS.

  A Visit from St. Nicholas                              145

  The Hard Times in Elfland[B]                           148

  Old Christmas                                          156

  Mrs. Santa Claus                                       158

  Santa Claus to Little Ethel                            163


THE SEASON'S REVERIES.

  Guests at Yule                                         169

  Christmas in India                                     171

  Christmas Violets                                      174

  Dickens Returns on Christmas Day                       175

  A Grief at Christmas                                   176

  My Sister's Sleep                                      183

  Christmas in Edinborough. I.                           186

  Christmas in Edinborough. II.                          187

  Around the Christmas Lamp                              188

  Christmas Eve                                          189

  Wonderland                                             190

  Waiting                                                192

  Aunt Mary                                              193

  The Glad New Day                                       195

  Under the Holly Bough                                  196

  The Dawn of Christmas                                  198

  Ballade of Christmas Ghosts                            200

  The Village Christmas                                  202

  Winter                                                 203

  December                                               204

  Christmas Weather in Scotland                          205

  Sir Galahad                                            212

  A Thought for the Time                                 213

  Ballade of the Winter Fireside                         214

  A Catch by the Hearth                                  216

  Sally in Our Alley                                     217

  Little Mother                                          218

  Occident and Orient                                    220

  The Blessed Day                                        225

  Christmas in Cuba[C]                                   227

  Farewell to Christmas                                  229

  The New Year                                           231

  A Happy New Year                                       234

  New-Year's Gifts                                       236

  The End of the Play                                    238

  Finis                                                  240


FOOTNOTES:

[A] By the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

[B] By the courtesy of Messrs. Charles Scribners' Sons.

[C] By the courtesy of Messrs. Harper & Bros.




_Sung Under The Window._


  "This carol they began that hour
  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino!"

                    _Shakespeare._




WHO'S THERE?


  Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell,
  Who ys there that syngith so, nowell, nowell, nowell?

  I am here, syre Christmasse!
  Well come, my lord syre Christmasse,
  Welcome to us all, bothe more and lesse,
                            Come nere, nowell!

  Dieu vous garde, beau syre, tydinges you bryng:
  A mayd hath born a chylde full yong,
  The weche causeth yew for to syng,
                                        Nowell!

  Criste is now born of a pure mayde,
  In an oxe stalle he ys layde,
  Wher'for syng we alle atte abrayde
                                        Nowell!

  Bebbex bien par tutte la company,
  Make gode chere and be right mery,
  And syng with us now joyfully,
                                        Nowell!




GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN.


  God rest you merry, gentlemen,
    Let nothing you dismay,
  For Jesus Christ our Saviour
    Was born upon this day
  To save us all from Satan's power
    When we were gone astray.
      O tidings of comfort and joy,
    For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.

  In Bethlehem in Jewry
    This blessed babe was born,
  And laid within a manger
    Upon this blessed morn;
  The which His mother Mary
    Nothing did take in scorn.
                              O tidings, etc.

  From God our Heavenly Father
    A blessed angel came,
  And unto certain shepherds
    Brought tidings of the same,
  How that in Bethlehem was born
    The Son of God by name.
                              O tidings, etc.

  Fear not, then said the angel,
    Let nothing you affright,
  This day is born a Saviour
    Of virtue, power, and might;
  So frequently to vanquish all
    The friends of Satan quite.
                              O tidings, etc.

  The shepherds at those tidings
    Rejoiced much in mind,
  And left their flocks a-feeding
    In tempest, storm, and wind,
  And went to Bethlehem straightway
    This blessed babe to find.
                              O tidings, etc.

  But when to Bethlehem they came,
    Whereat this infant lay,
  They found Him in a manger
    Where oxen feed on hay;
  His mother Mary kneeling
    Unto the Lord did pray.
                              O tidings, etc.

  Now to the Lord sing praises,
    All you within this place,
  And with true love and brotherhood
    Each other now embrace;
  This holy tide of Christmas
    All others doth deface.
                              O tidings, etc.




WELCOME YULE.


  _Welcome Yule, thou merry man,_
  _In worship of this holy day._

  Welcome be thou, heaven-king,
  Welcome born in one morning,
  Welcome for whom we shall sing,
          Welcome Yule.

  Welcome be ye, Stephen and John,
  Welcome Innocents, every one,
  Welcome Thomas Martyr one,
          Welcome Yule.

  Welcome be ye, good New Year,
  Welcome Twelfth Day, both in fere,[D]
  Welcome saintes lef[E] and dear,
          Welcome Yule.

  Welcome be ye, Candlemas,
  Welcome be ye, Queen of Bliss,
  Welcome both to more and less,
          Welcome Yule.

  Welcome be ye that are here,
  Welcome all and make good cheer;
  Welcome all, another year,
          Welcome Yule.

                    _Ritson's Ancient Songs._


FOOTNOTES:

[D] Together.

[E] Loved.




ANGEL HERALDS.


  As Joseph was a-walking,
    He heard an angel sing:
  "This night shall be born
    Our Heavenly King;

  "He neither shall be born
    In housen nor in hall,
  Nor in the place of Paradise,
    But in an ox's stall;

  "He neither shall be clothed
    In purple nor in pall,
  But all in fair linen,
    As we were babies all.

  "He neither shall be rocked
    In silver nor in gold,
  But in a wooden cradle
    That rocks on the mould.

  "He neither shall be christened
    In white wine nor in red,
  But with fair spring-water
    With which we were christened."




THE MATCHLESS MAIDEN.


  I sing of a maiden
    That is makeless;[F]
  King of all kings
    To her son she ches;[G]

  He came also[H] still
    There His mother was,
  As dew in April
    That falleth on the grass.

  He came also still
    To His mother's bower,
  As dew in April
    That falleth on the flower.

  He came also still
    There His mother lay,
  As dew in April
    That falleth on the spray.

  Mother and maiden
    Was never none but she;
  Well may such a lady
    God's mother be.

                    _Wright's Songs and Carols._


FOOTNOTES:

[F] Matchless.

[G] Chose.

[H] As.




REMEMBER, O THOU MAN.


  Remember, O thou Man,
  O thou Man, O thou Man;
  Remember, O thou Man,
    Thy time is spent.
  Remember, O thou Man,
  How thou earnest to me then,
  And I did what I can,
    Therefore repent.

  Remember Adam's fall,
  O thou Man, O thou Man;
  Remember Adam's fall
    From Heaven to Hell.
  Remember Adam's fall,
  How we were condemned all
  To Hell perpetual,
    There for to dwell.

  Remember God's goodness,
  O thou Man, O thou Man;
  Remember God's goodness
    And promise made.
  Remember God's goodness,
  How His only Son He sent
  Our sins for to redress,
    Be not afraid.

  The Angels all did sing,
  O thou Man, O thou Man;
  The Angels all did sing
    On Sion hill.
  The Angels all did sing
  Praises to our heavenly king,
  And peace to man living,
    With right good-will.

  The Shepherds amazed was,
  O thou Man, O thou Man;
  The Shepherds amazed was
    To hear the angels sing.
  The Shepher