... CHRISTMAS. With footstep slow, in furry r, a,, yclad, His brows enwreathed wiLhholly never Old Christmas comes, to close the wair.ed year. And aye the shepherd's heart to make right Iad Who, when liiit teeming flocks are homeward had. To blazing hearth ...

... CHRISTMAS. es holi cheerful robe of spring. thle ombroidered [ttunic of suinier, the vinc-staincd apparel ci1 LIfruitful auturmn, have disappeared !It is Winter' I-_deep Winter !--and decay. Hush !-.,what EL L ;thrill trembles up)on thle startled enthusiast ...

... CHRISTMAS. So many things have been laid of late years about Christ. mas, that it has been supposed by some there is no saying more. Ob, they of little faith What! do they suppose that every thing has been said that can) be said, about any one Christmas ...

... CHRISTMAS. One may have written and thought (which is a thousand times more comprehensive than writing, a process that is very apt to surferthe evaporation of thought) many and many limes about Christmas, and yet never have gone to the bottom of the subject ...

... CHRISTMAS. A HAPPY HOME. A blazing firp, a cheerful home, all carpeted and snug, The joyous children playing round—the cat upon the rug, A lew kind iriends with cordial hearts, who come from many a mile, To mingle with your Christmas rites, in good old ...

... CHRISTMAS. Floriferij ut apes in saltibus omnia libant. I sing of festivals and fairs and plays. HEKRICK. A chapter on CHRISTMAS will not be -an unacceptable article at the fire-side. during the ensuing festive We have made it as full as our limn» —tia»c ...

... CHRISTMAS. So, Christmas is come round again. We har Hy fo the time pass away, when the anniversaries remind us o' the years we are burying under our feet as we jonni M onward. We count all things but time. Merry old Christmas'.—how many pleasant and ...

... residence on Slow Hill, Newport, after a short illness of one week, Mr. Walter Phillips, having lived to see one hundred Christmas days He was born In the beginning of December, 1745, at Risca. At Llantarnam, Mrs. Temperance Howell, aged 66 years. On the ...

... CHRISTMAS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—My paternal mansion is situated in a small parish, on the road between Newport and Pontypool. I remember, in my earliest infancy, that some of the inhabi- tants of the village were accustomed ...

... CHRISTMAS. THE present number of the GUARDIAN will reach a very considerable portion of our readers while assem- bled around the family hearth in cheerful and happy gatherings, luxuriating in the comforts of home, and the delights resulting from social ...

... down all the sport where they run; No the world hates high priests of the good Christmas creed Who otter burnt ash at the altar of fun. Then shout for the pleasures of Christmas—shout! Which in love with the heart makes the poor man a lord If be hath no ...

... him 30 temptingly, as with the hallowed provender of ever-welcome Christmas. A cup, then, bono genio, according to the old rite! by which we mean a beaker to the genius of Christmas. Mark the ruddy-cheeked, hale old divinity, where he presides in his ...