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A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

22. THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS DAY

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Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunset let it burn; Which quench'd, then lay it up again, Till Christmas next return. Part must be kept, wherewith to teend The Christmas log next year; And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischief there.

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