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Title: In The Yule-Log Glow--Book 3
Christmas Poems from 'round the World

Author: Various

Editor: Harrison S. Morris

Release Date: February 15, 2007 [EBook #20586]

Language: English

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IN THE
YULE-LOG GLOW

CHRISTMAS POEMS FROM
'ROUND THE WORLD

"Sic as folk tell ower at a winter ingle"
_Scott_

EDITED BY
HARRISON S. MORRIS

THREE VOLUMES IN ONE.
Book III.

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1900.

Copyright, 1891, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA.

BETWEEN THE TALE-TELLING.

Fancy, if you will, Gentle Reader, that, between the intervals of
tale-telling,--the Yule-log still ruddy upon the visages of your
fellow-guests from many lands,--fancy that a quiet traveller draws out
of his side-pocket a little, well-worn pair of books from which he
reads some scrap of verse or some melodious Christmas poem. Fancy,
too, that, beneath the inn windows, in the snow outside, an occasional
band of the Waits strikes up an ancient carol with voice and horn,
begging, when the music is done, admittance to the glowing warmth
within doors and a share in the plenteous cakes and ale.

Imagine this, if you will, and choose, from the pages to come,
whatever of old or new will fit well into the conceit; for not a few
carols or legends lie there which have done service under the
snow-covered gables or by the crackling wood, and which will help,
with their quaint heartiness or simple beauty, to realize the charm of
Christmas the world around,--that charm which flows from hearty and
generous good-will towards men; which has for its inner light the
kindly desire for peace on ea