English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).

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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