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Page 437 - He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Page 18 - Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honeyed middle of the night If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.
Page 955 - To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine...
Page 205 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 894 - And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law...
Page 474 - ... being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friars of this house, had theatres for the several scenes, very large and high, placed upon' wheels, and drawn to all the eminent parts of the city, for the better advantage of the spectators ; and contained the story of the New Testament, composed into old English Rithme, as appeareth by an ancient MS., intituled Lucius Corporis Christi, or Lucius Conventrice. I have been told...
Page 295 - This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
Page 233 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 736 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 431 - I bring you glad tidings of great joy" [Six los. /CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn, Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born ; Rise to adore the mystery of love, Which hosts of angels chanted from above ; With them the joyful tidings first begun Of God incarnate and the Virgin's Son.