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785. CHRISTMAS-EVE, ANOTHER CEREMONY.
Come guard this night the Christmas-pie,
That the thief, though ne'er so sly,
With his flesh-hooks, don't come nigh
To catch it
From him, who all alone sits there,
Having his eyes still in his ear,
And a deal of nightly fear,
To watch it.
786. ANOTHER TO THE MAIDS.
Wash your hands, or else the fire
Will not teend to your desire;
Unwash'd hands, ye maidens, know,
Dead the fire, though ye blow.
Teend, kindle.
- 787 ##
787. ANOTHER.
Wassail the trees, that they may bear
You many a plum and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.
- 788 ##
788. POWER AND PEACE.
'Tis never, or but seldom known,
Power and peace to keep one throne.
