Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик))

The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day

Kindle the Christmas brand, and then
Till sunset let it burn;
Which quench'd, then lay it up again,
Till Christmas next return.

Part must be kept, wherewith to teend
The Christmas log next year;
And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend
Can do no mischief there.

Robert Herrick’s other poems:

  1. The Present Time Best Pleaseth
  2. The Definition of Beauty
  3. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home: to the Right Honourable Mildmay, Earl of Westmorland
  4. The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest
  5. A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse to His Friend, Mr John Wicks




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