EARLY CAROLS PAGE
1. Welcome Yule 3
2. I sing of a Maiden 4
3. As Joseph was a-walking 4
4. Now is Christëmas ycome 5
5. This Endris Night 8
6. Lullay, my Liking, my Dear Son 10
7. Saint Stephen was a Clerk 11
8. The Shepherds’ Offerings 13
9. Can I not sing but Hoy! 15
10. When Christ was born of Mary free 18
11. Be we merry in this Feast 18
12. Man, be merry as Bird on Berry 19
13. All this Time this Song is best 20
14. Mater, ora filium 21
15. Eya, Jesus hodie 22
16. Ave maris stella 23
17. Noël, Noël, Noël, Noël 24
18. Of a Rose, a Lovely Rose 25
TRADITIONAL CAROLS
19. God rest you merry, Gentlemen 29
20. Remember, O thou Man 31
21. I saw Three Ships 33
LATER POEMS AND CAROLS
22. Of the Nativity of Christ _William Dunbar_ 37
23. The Burning Babe _Robert Southwell_ 39
24. New Prince, New Pomp _Robert Southwell_ 40
25. New Heaven, New War _Robert Southwell_ 41
26. A Child my Choice _Robert Southwell_ 43
27. Nativity _John Donne_ 44
28. For Christmas Day _Joseph Hall_ 45
29. A Hymn on the Nativity of
my Saviour _Ben Jonson_ 45
30. The Shepherds’ Song _Edmund Bolton_ 46
31. Of the Epiphany _Sir John Beaumont_ 48
32. The Angels _William Drummond_ 50
33. The Shepherds _William Drummond_ 50
34. A Rocking Hymn _George Wither_ 51
35. Gloria in Excelsis _Giles Fletcher_ 53
36. Who can forget? _Giles Fletcher_ 54
37. A Christmas Carol _Robert Herrick_ 56
38. An Ode on the Birth of our
Saviour _Robert Herrick_ 57
39. Christmas _George Herbert_ 59
40. On the Morning of Christ’s
Nativity _John Milton_ 60
41. A Hymn of the Nativity _Richard Crashaw_ 69
42. Satan’s Sight of the Nativity _Richard Crashaw_ 74
43. A Hymn for the Epiphany _Richard Crashaw_ 77
44. Hymn for Christmas Day _Jeremy Taylor_ 80
45. Hymn for Christmas Day _Jeremy Taylor_ 81
46. Christmas Day _Joseph Beaumont_ 82
47. Sonnet XXV _Joseph Beaumont_ 85
48. On the Nativity of our
Saviour _J. M._ 85
49. The Shepherds _Henry Vaughan_ 87
50. Christ’s Nativity _Henry Vaughan_ 89
51. And they laid Him in a
Manger _Sir Edward Sherburne_ 90
52. At the Sign of the Heart 91
53. Lodged in an Inn 92
54. Yet if His Majesty our
Sovereign Lord 93
55. And art Thou come, Blest Babe? 94
56. Song of the Angels at the
Nativity _Nahum Tate_ 95
57. Shepherds, rejoice _Isaac Watts_ 96
58. A Cradle Song _Isaac Watts_ 97
59. A Hymn for Christmas Day _John Byrom_ 98
60. A Hymn for Christmas Day _Philip Doddridge_ 99
61. A Hymn for Christmas Day _Charles Wesley_ 100
62. The Shepherds went their
hasty Way _Samuel Taylor Coleridge_ 101
63. From Ottfried’s Paraphrase
of the Gospel _Samuel Taylor Coleridge_ 103
64. The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn _Samuel Taylor Coleridge_ 104
65. Brightest and best of the
Sons of the Morning! _Reginald Heber_ 105
66. They leave the Land of
Gems and Gold _Aubrey de Vere_ 106
67. Christmas and New Year
Bells _Alfred Tennyson_ 107
68. The First Christmas Eve _Alfred Domett_ 109
69. Christ was born on Christmas
Day _John Mason Neale_ 111
70. A Christmas Carol _Charles Kingsley_ 112
71. A Christmas Carol _Christina Rossetti_ 113
72. Masters, in this Hall _William Morris_ 115
73. Outlanders, whence come ye
last? _William Morris_ 117
74. Sir Galahad, A Christmas
Mystery _William Morris_ 119
75. Aishah Schechinah _R. S. Hawker_ 128
76. King Arthur’s Waes-hael _R. S. Hawker_ 130
77. Regina Coeli _Coventry Patmore_ 131
78. Mary Mother of Divine
Grace, compared to the
Air we breathe _Gerard Hopkins_ 132
79. A Meditation for Christmas
Day _Selwyn Image_ 136
80. A Morning Song for Christmas
Day _Herbert P. Horne_ 137
81. Christmas at Sea _R. L. Stevenson_ 139
82. Unto us a Son is given _Alice Meynell_ 142
83. Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 _Robert Bridges_ 143
84. Noël _Hilaire Belloc_ 145
85. A Christmas Carol _G. K. Chesterton_ 146
86. The Creatures’ Nowel _R. L. Gales_ 147
87. The Heavenly Noel _R. L. Gales_ 148
88. Carol _Dorothy L. Sayers_ 150
89. Christmas Carol _J. D. C. Pellow_ 150
90. The Oxen _Thomas Hardy_ 151
91. How far is it to Bethlehem? _Frances Chesterton_ 152
92. Epiphany _Francis Keppel_ 153
POEMS ON CHRISTMAS MERRY-MAKING
93. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell 157
94. Man, be joyful 157
95. Make we merry 158
96. Holly and Ivy 159
97. Alleluia, Alleluia 159
98. Ivy Chief of Trees it is 160
99. Nay, Ivy, nay 161
100. Hey, hey, hey, hey 162
101. Caput apri defero 163
102. Nowel, Nowel, Nowel, Nowel 164
103. Proface, welcome, welcome 164
104. Christmas Merry-making _George Wither_ 165
105. Ceremonies for Christmas _Robert Herrick_ 169
106. The Wassail _Robert Herrick_ 170
107. Twelfth Night _Robert Herrick_ 172
108. To Sir Simond Steward _Robert Herrick_ 173
109. Song _Thomas Campion_ 175
110. Song 176
111. The Damsel donn’d her
Kirtle Sheen _Sir Walter Scott_ 176
112. Winter was not unkind _Robert Bridges_ 178
113. Ballade of Christmas Ghosts _Andrew Lang_ 179
114. Christmas Eve _John Davidson_ 180
115. Now have good Day! 184
LATIN HYMNS
116. Puer natus in Bethlehem 189
117. Heu quid jaces stabulo _John Mauburn_ 190
118. Adeste fideles 191
119. Corde natus ex Parentis _Prudentius_ 193
120. Ave Jesu, Deus magne 194
121. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell 195