Religion

Christmasse-Eve, another Ceremonie.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Religion

COme guard this night the Christmas-Pie,
That the Thiefe, though ne'r so slie,
With his Flesh-hooks, don't come nie
To catch it.

From him, who all alone sits there,
Having his eyes still in his eare,
And a deale of nightly feare
To watch it.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Christmasse-Eve, another Ceremonie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/794/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Christmasse-Eve, another Ceremonie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/794/.

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