StoryTitle("caps", "Ceremonies for Christmas") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Come, bring with a noise, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "My merry, merry boys, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Christmas log to the firing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "While my good dame she ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Bids ye all be free, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And drink to your heart's desiring.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With the last year's brand, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Light the new block, and ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For good success in his spending,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On your psalteries play ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That sweet luck may ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come while the log is a-tending. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Drink now the strong beer, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Cut the white loaf here. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The while the meat is a-shredding; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For the rare mince-pie, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And the plums stand by, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To fill the paste that's a-kneading. ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Robert Herrick. ")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>