单词 | wassail |
例句 | The meats were followed by flaming puddings and bowls of wassail, chestnuts, and apples. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I never had a clear idea of what a wassail was. Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Another tradition from this time is whipping up a batch of wassail, an apple cider with spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon. Christmas might be over, but for some, the holidays are just beginning 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z If you were an olde Englishman drinking wassail, you would say to your companions, “Waes hail!” meaning, “May you be healthy!” For scenes out of an old-fashioned Christmas card, celebrate the holiday in England 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In January I attend one of Kent’s growing number of wassails, a half-pagan, half-Christian ceremony in which an apple tree is fed a tribute of cider to encourage a good harvest later in the year. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Bolney's well-established wassail sees folk marching by torchlight to the oldest tree, offering it cake and cider, then beating it with sticks. This week's new events 2013-01-05T00:06:20Z My favorite in the Christmas canon is “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” with its hearty chorus of “Love and joy come to you, / And to you your wassail, too.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z How will we cope without your warm smile, your jaunty cotton neckerchief and your ability to remain straight-faced when an academic in a bowler is teaching you how to wassail an apple tree? Edwardian Farm, how will we cope without you? 2011-01-20T12:16:02Z The wassail of my choice this year is a giant bottle of stout bottled in Wisconsin under the label “For Whom.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z This is orchard wassailing, the far older custom of serenading apple trees in winter to wake the sleepy, scrumpy-producing spirits within. This week's new events 2013-01-05T00:06:20Z In apple-growing regions like Kent and Devonshire, farmers would additionally toast or salute the apple tree and pour wassail over its roots in preparation for a good harvest year. 11 odd Victorian Christmas traditions 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z I wassailed the thing down to its yeasty dregs. The Sovereign review: A deep dive into Belgian beers, with food to match 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z We'd go wassailing around the neighborhood, the office was always filled with enough sugar cookies to make Rachael Ray blush, and it was perfectly acceptable to get trashed off egg nog because Santa, you know? A man's guide to surviving Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" marathon - Golf Digest 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Now I wonder about my rum and eggnogs and wassail? How Layers in a Latte Form 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The scent of cinnamon and clove permeated the building, as members brewed traditional wassail for the occasion. Connecticut town experiences Old English Christmas music 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z There was also the more popular, and often overlooked, dimension of Roget’s work: his was a new kind of lexicon that acknowledged colloquialisms and – horrors – slang, for example, “wassail”, “swig”, “soak”, “souse”, “booze”, and “guzzle”. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 65 – Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852) 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The British tradition of wassailing in exchange for a bowl of hot mulled cider goes back centuries, as does eggnog. Electoral College, Mosul, Zsa Zsa Gabor: Your Monday Briefing 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Traditionally, wassailing was on Old Twelfth Night, 17 January, but nowadays it is often earlier in line with the Gregorian calendar. In pictures: Here we come a-wassailing - BBC News 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In England, the tradition was fused with singing songs in exchange for alcohol, specifically the drink wassail. Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The fight against evil spirits continues the following month in the orchards of southern England, where Apple wassails, or Apple Howling ceremonies, are common. England's strange winter rituals 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z With the neglect in this country of Saints' Days and the Puritanical frowning down of all folk customs connected with them, we lost the delightful wassailing of the Apple trees. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Of course there will be supper when she returns, and singing and wassail and jollity, warming to the cockles of the heart. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z And hurries on by castle, By tower and town, the rout; Like imps in hellish wassail, With cackling laugh and shout. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z These wassailing folk were generally known as “howlers”; “doubtless rightly,” says a Sussex archæologist, “for real old Sussex music is in a minor key, and can hardly be distinguished from howling.” The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Word goes out that so-and-so is giving a dance at such-and-such a point, and the countryside troops thither for shuffle and jig and wassail. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z It was celebrated with slight variations in various parts of England; and was called an Apple howling, a wassailing, a youling, and other terms. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z "And when beside your wassail board Ye bless your social lot, I charge you that the giver be In all his gifts forgot, Or alone of all his words recall The last,—Lament me not." The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z For two nights and a day did she abide therein, and when there was wassail she sang for the glee. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z In January began the round, for from Christmas Eve to Twelfth Day was the proper time for “worsling,” that is “wassailing” the orchards, but more particularly the apple-trees. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z And the halls of fierce Erick of Sogn with the clamor of wassail were filled, With the clash of great beakers of gold and the reek of the ale that was spilled. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z The Elliot, the Armstrong, the Jardine, and the Johnstone, entailed upon their posterity a spirit of fearless independence and wassail hospitality, which remains, though in a greatly diluted state, to this hour. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z While the valiant army was toiling over the frozen roads, the Hessians were sleeping off the effects of their Christmas wassail. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The wassail and glee were suspended while every one looked curiously at the men who entered. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Then we drew our wagons some few miles out of town and held high wassail in the primeval bush. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Yea, the halls of fierce Erick of Sogn with the turmoil of wassail are filled, With the steam of the flesh of the boar and the reek of the ale that is spilled. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z Within there was sound of riot and wassail. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z As for the phrase a seyal, it seems to be a corruption of wassail, the original sense having been lost. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Now, child, let us hasten to Winchester there to find some mead hall; for where there is wassail, there is welcome for the gleeman. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z In the baronial halls of Merrie England, we find huge fireplaces, wide enough to hold the Yule log, around which, after the chase, the followers gathered to drink deep of the wassail bowl. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The supper too, was the most festive meal, and most enjoyed; and when the season of the year, or old custom, gave warranty, your old English host not unfrequently kept wassail all night long. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z His face shone with wassail and intemperate excess; there was a deal of sensuality in it, and more than a suggestion of coarseness, but it was for none of these things that it was remarkable. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z There, there, Kats, let's have a bit of a wassail to celebrate our Allhallows' honeymoon, shall we? One-Act Plays By Modern Authors The happy night with wassail rings; So feasted here the former kings. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches At such wassails the presiding chief sits at the apex of an oval. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The garrison was to have leave for merry-making and indulging in drunken wassail. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands She now abruptly left the hall, and proceeded to the place in the court occupied by those who were wassailing on the coloured water she had brewed for them with her fair hands. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Warbeck, therefore, had little in common with the ruder chiefs around: he did not summon them to his board, nor attend at their noisy wassails. International Short Stories English Deep into the night the drunken revelry resounded over the lake, until Father Olmedo remonstrated against such godless wassail. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The tradition receives some confirmation from the bowl-like hollow on the upper surface of the cross-stone; for the hollow might have served as the king's drinking-cup to hold his kava at the customary wassails. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The knight dropped his wassail cup and sprang to the assistance of the ladies. Every-Day Errors of Speech Her health, and that of Innerkepple, were drunk with loud shouts of approbation; and the wassail was kept up till a late hour of the night. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative He is wit's pedlar, and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs; And we that sell by gross, the Lord doth know, Have not the grace to grace it with such show. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Quarrels broke out between the wassailing governor and the other partners. The Story of the Trapper Hence this came to be recognized as the wassail or wassel bowl; and was the accompaniment to festivity of every kind throughout the year. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Better than laughing folly, Gay songs and wassail ale, Thy tuneful melancholy, O poet nightingale! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. In that cursed conventicle, as chill as an icicle, I caught a bad cold in my head, And some impudent vassal stole all of my wassail, And left me small beer in its stead. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion As a common noun, the Greek word comus signifies carousal,—wassail. Minor Poems by Milton “Ne carèd he for wine or half-and-half, Ne carèd he for fish or flesh or fowl, And sauces held he worthless as the chaff; He ’sdained the swine-head at the wassail bowl. Life of John Keats Forked tongues of scandal can not penetrate through those rock-ribbed hills yonder, nor dart across that defying sea; and neither wail nor wassail of men or women can disturb me more. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Valhalla, though perhaps less fatiguing than Gar�-dem�na, was more trite in its wassails than the latter in its hymns. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal In his right hand he holds a huge mince-pie, which ever and anon he gnaws with exquisite humour, and in his left is a bowl of generous wassail, from which he drinks long and deeply. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion In such castle rooms as antiquaries now visit, the Saxon earls and eldermen quaffed their ale, and drank "wassail" to King Egbert or Ethelwolf. Old and New London Volume I Here was brewed the "wassail" contained in the "brown beauty," the "turkey" and "beef" roasted, and the "plum-pudding" boiled. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Hrothgar accepts Beowulf’s proffered aid, and before the dread hour of visitation comes, the time is spent in wassail. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary When the song was finished, the steaming wassail bowl was brought out, and all the company drank to a better understanding. Threads of Grey and Gold To "wassail" the trees was more than a jovial excuse for cider and song, it had roots in a deeper feeling of reverence and gratitude. Old Plymouth Trails He is wit's pedler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs; And we that sell by gross, the Lord doth know, Have not the grace to grace it with such show. An Introduction to Shakespeare Probably King Pelles' wassail was already in progress, or, if not, the goodly knights and gentlewomen were still at evensong. A Knyght Ther Was Each of the innumerable saloons he passed possessed its wassail group, and rough ditties boomed out through swinging doors. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Wassail, wassail to our town, The cup is white and the ale is brown, The cup is made of the ashen tree, And so is the ale of the good barley. Threads of Grey and Gold Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale, but spicèd wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glitt'ring hearth. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer In vain you raise the wassail bowl, And pledge your passion, soul to soul. The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems What the trapper was to the fur trade, the prospector was to the mining era that ushered civilization into the wilds with a blare of dance-halls and wine and wassail and greed. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia What fellowship hast thou with times When love-thralled minstrels chaunted rhymes At feast, in feudal hall,— And peasant churls, a saucy crew, Fantastic o'er their wassail grew, Forgetful of their thrall?— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme In some parts of rural England, the village maidens go from door to door with a bowl of wassail, made of ale, roasted apples, squares of toast, nutmeg, and sugar. Threads of Grey and Gold Wine and wassail filled the halls with revelry. Henry IV, Makers of History He ceased, and instantly the frothy tide Of interrupted wassail roared along. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas They danced, they shouted, they clashed their weapons in exultation, and the noise of the Falls was drowned in the uproar of barbarian wassail. King Philip Makers of History When winter heaped his rattling hail High on the window sill, With pipe and wassail, rime and tale, I'd never miss the nightingale Or cuckoo on the hill. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He was apt to tell me when he had been sitting up all night, whether in study or what he called wassail; but I could always guess the fact from his appearance. A Romantic Young Lady He was in brilliant form over the wassail bowl that night as he drew a picture of his triumphant dissimulation. Once on a Time With revels and with wassails Make grief and care our vassals. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age The Indians, exultant with success, encamped that night in the woods not far from Marlborough, and kept the forest awake with the uproar of their barbarian wassail. King Philip Makers of History I have already arranged with an artist to do some pictures, and I remember I particularly ordered a robin and a wassail. Happy Days A silver bowl in the middle of the table suggested punch; Canon Wrottesley must brew a wassail bowl. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir "Well, your Majesty, drawing their swords and casting their Magic Cloaks around them they—h'r'm—returned to the wassail bowl." Once on a Time There had been no supper, no wassail, no hot coffee in the morning, and, in truth, no meeting between Charles Dickens and the Travellers, at Christmas or at any other time. Faces and Places He was vexed suspecting his guest of midnight wassailing, and went to inquire what villainy might be hatching. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race After the feast the father of the household passes the wassail cup, which is sweet cider drunk from a gourd dipper. Blue Ridge Country The wassail bowl was a triumph, and the candle of Mr. Pickwick was put out. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir No more he sets the beakers For the guests at the wassail feast; Nor fills a flask from the oldest cask For the duties of the priest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 An’ then we made ’em walk the plank amid scenes of wassail—all but the fair captives.” The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive A psalm preceding and a prayer following a Puritan posset-pot made a satisfactorily solemn wassail. Customs and Fashions in Old New England There was wassail in each dwelling, And the song and dance went round; And the laugh, the jest, the music, Rose above the tempest's sound. Viking Boys Barrels of mighty ale were broached, and their nut-brown contents widely distributed, and the health of the bride and bridegroom was enthusiastically drunk in a brimming wassail cup of spicy wine with floating toast. Rookwood So, better times are come at last; to these Old walls new masters and high wassail—both A long desideratum. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry We'll wassail hold till the break of dawn, we friends of the poor man's club! Rippling Rhymes Let revellers sing of wassail bowls, Their wines and barley bree; My ain wee house and winsome wife Are dearer far to me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Give them to the king And queen wassailing; And though with ale ye be wet here; Yet part ye from hence, As free from offence, As when ye innocent met here. English Songs and Ballads You may do without beef and plum-pudding; even the absence of mince-pie may be tolerated; there must be a bowl, poetically speaking, but it need not be absolutely wassail. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The roses wither long before the wassail is over, and there is no magic that will make them bloom again, for there is none that renews us—youth. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Perchance of mine, when wassail nights Renew those riotous delights, Wherewith the children of Despair Lull the lone heart, and "banish care." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Amundeville is lord by day, But the monk is lord by night; Nor wine nor wassail could raise a vassal To question that friar's right. Don Juan At the close of the evening the Lord Provost, who had been presiding, presented to the Beader a massive and ornate silver wassail bowl. Charles Dickens as a Reader Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale but spiced wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glittering hearth. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) It was past midnight when I withdrew from the scene of wassail. The Rifle Rangers The red light glows, the wassail flows, Around the royal hall; And who, on earth, dare mar the mirth Of that high festival? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Good dame, here at your door Our wassail we begin, We are all maidens poor, We pray now let us in With our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Whilst youthful sports are lasting, To feasting turn our fasting; With revels and with wassails Make grief and care our vassals. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World And here all seems as calm and quiet As on the heights of Elsinore,— Save for far sounds of wassail riot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 Give then to the King And Queene wassailing; And though, with ale, ye be whet here, Yet part ye from hence As free from offence As when ye innocent met here. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide You may imagine the astounding wassail among the young people.... Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know And now we must be gone To seek out more good cheer, Where bounty will be shown As we have found it here With our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV The wassail round, in good brown bowls, Garnished with ribbons blithely trowls. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World The wassail bowl was the vessel out of which our Saxon ancestors took such copious draughts, that legislative measures were adopted with the view of enforcing temperance. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Till very few years ago in Scotland the custom of the wassail bowl, at the passing away of the old year, might be said to be still in comparative vigour. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Here Baranof held sway like a potentate, serving regal feasts to all visitors with the pomp of a little court, and the barbarity of a wassailing mediaeval lord. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Much joy betide them all, Our prayer shall be still, We hope and ever shall For this your great good-will To our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Give then to the king And queen, wassailing, And though with ale ye be wet here, Yet part ye from hence As free from offence As when ye innocent met here Robert Herrick. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Come, tell all your tale as you would repeat it to gossips on a wassail night. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Horsfield, who wrote of Sussex, speaks somewhat at length of this subject, and says that the wassail bowl was compounded of ale, sugar, nutmeg, and roasted apples, the latter called "lambs' wool." A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Feast and mad wassail filled both day and night till the harbor cleared. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Here we come a wassailing Among the leaves so green, Here we come a wand'ring, So fair to be seen. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Judge Custis was in his bedroom, in the second story of the large, inn-like mansion at the middle of the village, and he was just recovering from the effects of a long wassail. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The wassailing of the trees may be regarded as either originally an offering to their spirits or—and this seems more probable—as a sacramental act intended to bring fertilizing influences to bear upon them. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan The wassail bowl is placed on a small round table, and each person present is furnished with a silver spoon to stir. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide But since there was no bar, the great room whose door opened directly upon the porch had been commandeered as a wassailing hall. A Pagan of the Hills Our wassail we do fill With apples and with spice, Then grant us your good-will To taste here once or twice Of our good wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV He passed through the Square and overhead the wassail of the officers over their wine and cards. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 The wassailing of the animals is found there also. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan A very old custom was that of "wassailing" the fruit trees on Christmas eve, although it obtained on other days, such as New Year's day and Twelfth day. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide From below stairs still came the din of wassailing. A Pagan of the Hills Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too, And God bless you and send you a happy New Year. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV "It will be two hours good, before you see the bottom of the bowl through the deep rich colour of the wassail; fill up all round, and now for the song." Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Amundeville is Lord by day, But the monk is Lord by night; Nor wine nor wassail could raise a vassal To question that Friar's right. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Here's to our horse, and to his right ear, God send our maister a happy New Year; A happy New Year as e'er he did see— With my wassailing bowl I drink to thee. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide From the town came sounds of revelry and wassail, of singing and quarrel, and from the church on Sand Hook softer chanting, where the women were twining holly and laurel and mistletoe. Tales of the Chesapeake Wassail the trees, that they may bear You many a plum and many a pear; For more or less fruits they will bring As you do give them wassailing. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Then the wassail bowl full of swimming roasted apples, goes its merry round. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Oh, to be young again an' not spill life in wassail! to give the blows for right instead of wrong! The Freebooters of the Wilderness There the head of the house assembles the family around the wassail bowl to drink the healths of every one. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Think of a sailor, a hard case, too, moping alone in his room on the day he shipped, when downstairs he could wassail away the day. The Blood Ship If any maidens be Here dwelling in this house, They kindly will agree To take a full carouse Of our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Here's to our horse, and to his right ear, God send master a happy new year; A happy new year as e'er he did see,— With my wassailing bowl I drink to thee. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse One Christmas Eve three Weary Willies came into possession of what was to them a veritable wassail bowl, in the form of a small barrel, containing exactly six quarts of fine ale. Amusements in Mathematics Arrange so that each guest is in his place standing, with a wassail cup in hand, and then at three minutes of 12, darken the room. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Perchance of mine, when wassail nights Renew those riotous delights, Wherewith the children of Despair Lull the lone heart, and 'banish care.' Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals This is our merry night Of choosing king and queen; Then be it your delight That something may be seen In our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Here's to our mare, and to her right eye, God send our mistress a good Christmas pie; A good Christmas pie as e'er I did see,— With my wassailing bowl I drink to thee. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse This was an old one, formerly the chair of state in which the old Barons his ancestors had presided at many a scene of wassail, with their retainers. Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment We wassailed deep into that night and out the other side, and we liked our Otto more than ever. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 With wine and wassail they nerved themselves for the desperate deed. The Empire of Russia For here we comfort find With our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV He was probably a bit lazy and given to wassail. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil Once when the wars were o'er, the knight Was holding wassail high, And the valiant men that followed him Were at the revelry. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Perchance of old there came hither knights and ladies, pricking o'er the plaine, perchance here was dancing and wassail. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The audience having dispersed in a state like the afflatus of laughing-gas, the poet and a privileged clique proceeded to the house of the Baptist elder, to prolong the night with metaphysical wassail. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Masters, it is writ of old Who fill the fire for Christmas cold And wassail hold, Shall have of food a double store And ruddy-blazing ingle roar Forevermore. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Between midnight and one o'clock Bat Wiley, wild-eyed and raging, burst into the barroom of the Admiral Dewey and startled with a tale of wrongs such part of wakeful Cobre as there made wassail. Copper Streak Trail We regaled him with wassail and gramophone and explained the situation to him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 On New Year's Eve the wassail bowl of spiced ale was carried round from house to house by the village maidens, who sang songs and wished every one "A Happy New Year." Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs Rouwenne sate on her knee, and called to the king, and thus first she said in English land: "Lord king, wassail! for thy coming I am glad." Brut A jolly wassail-bowl, A wassail of good ale; Well fare the butler's soul That setteth this to sale; Our jolly wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV You may know of the scene of riot and wassail, when there was set before Esopus one dish of food that cost $400,000. New Tabernacle Sermons Only the presence at table of their leaders kept the wassail down. Sir Mortimer The boisterous carousal and the sound Of wassail mirth, inebriate and loud, And midnight revelry, is hushed and still. Mountain idylls, and Other Poems Wassail-bowl.—Formerly it was customary to wassail on Christmas Eve, or drink health to the apple trees. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 Much joy into this hall With us is entered in, Our master first of all We hope will now begin Of our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV By degrees, however, the wine and wassail of mine host began to operate upon bodies already a little jaded by the chase. Tales of a Traveller Now there was signal made of banquet in the halls of Stowe, of wassail, and the dance. Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 High was the wassail in the castle that night, and many casks of wine were broached; at length all sought their couches and slept heavily. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune He ceased; upon his bosom sank his beard Sadly, as one who oft had seen her pass Nor stayed her: and forthwith the frothy tide Of interrupted wassail roared along. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Some bounty from your hands Our wassail to maintain; We'll buy no house nor lands With that which we do gain With our wassail. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Here is a young novice I have brought to learn the noble art of merrymaking, of wine and wassail. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune Is it to pass the hours in revelry, wassail, blasphemy, and obscene talk, or to plot trouble to the State, or to debauch the innocent? The Abominations of Modern Society The Good Knight dropped his wassail cup And took the proffered bauble up, And cautiously he bit Its surface, but it would not yield, Which did convince the grand old Field It was not counterfeit. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 The age of wine and wassail, those potent aids to patriotism, mirth, and song, had not wholly passed away. A Collection of College Words and Customs The wassailing bowl, with a toast within, Come, fill it up unto the brim; Come fill it up that we may all see; With the wassailing bowl I'll drink to thee. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV She showed him the chapel, impressive in its ancient Norman simplicity and in its ruin, and the great smoke-begrimed banqueting-hall, where wassails had been held, and beauty had thought her lord a beast. What Dreams May Come Not having expected any service till next day, he had foregathered with others of his ilk in the servants' bar, below-stairs, and had with wassail and good cheer very effectively put himself out of commission. The Air Trust His profession familiarized him with graves and goblins, and his tastes with weddings, wassail, and sly frolics of all sorts. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 The road was lone that lay between His, and her father’s castle, And many a stirrup-cup, I ween, Quaffed he of generous wassail. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland But let no footsteps beat the floor, Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm; For who would keep an ancient form Thro' which the spirit breathes no more? In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV They stood on the benches, they bestrode the railing, they swarmed over the altar, shouting and carousing in riotous wassail. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California Before the wassailing begins, the various fathers perform a curious operation on the arms of their sons, who are seated beside them. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul It represents the rough grandeur, hospitality, wassail and rude romance of the English nobility five hundred years ago. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's These words were afterwards corrupted into wassail and wassailer. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces "Wassail, wassail, all over the town; Our toast it is white, our ale it is brown, Our bowl it is made of the mapling tree; With the wassailing bowl we will drink to thee." In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV And sometimes when the carpet slipped and the state of heels over head seemed imminent, we held to the baluster-trees, as one after wassail clings to the lamp-post. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Herrick sings,— "Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 And, while occupying a room in the fort, his fervent and holy spirit was often tried "By most unseemly mirth and wassail rife." Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Then at the dawning, as day was breaking, the might of Grendel to men was known; then after wassail was wail uplifted, loud moan in the morn. Beowulf Would not some pallid face Look in upon the banquet, calling up Dread shapes of battles in the wassail cup, And trouble all the place? The Poems of Henry Timrod At the conclusion of the reading the Lord Provost of Edinburgh presented him with a massive silver wassail cup. Speeches: Literary and Social And I," said the Templar, filling his goblet, "drink wassail to the fair Rowena; for since her namesake introduced the word into England, has never been one more worthy of such a tribute. Ivanhoe They might make a song about us, and sing it on winter nights as they pass round the wassail bowl in front of the cabin fire.' The Wouldbegoods Nor wassail cup, Nor maiden's jeer, Awaits you here. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Again was the fire replenished, and again went the wassail round. The Pickwick Papers Revenge, my good sir—revenge; which, if it be as gentle manlike a sin as wine and wassail, with their et coeteras, is equally unchristian, and not so bloodless. The Bride of Lammermoor When in the wassail Smith would drown, Brown would rescue and pull him through. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Herrick sings,— "Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing." Excursions The 'Squire and his friends, vociferous though they were, and heated with anticipated triumphs, wine and wassail, heard the glorious din, learned its cause, and came reeling forth to embrace their puissant ally. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Come, gather round my humble board, And let the sparkling wassail flow,— Chuckling to think, the while you drink, "This much we rescue from the foe!" A Little Book of Western Verse The whole city had become a scene of riot and wassail, and if the order were given to march, it was but too evident that not a man would obey. Stories from Thucydides Would not some pallid face Look in upon the banquet, calling up Dread shapes of battle in the wassail cup, And trouble all the place? War Poetry of the South Warbeck, therefore, had little in common with the ruder chiefs around; he did not summon them to his board; nor attend at their noisy wassails. The Pilgrims of the Rhine The wine and wassail, however, befogged his senses. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Let bring my wassail cup, And let ye sound of joy go round,—I'm going to set 'em up! A Little Book of Western Verse You have had wassail enough for the holiday evening, for you speak thick already. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day I had seen the great Yule log put on the fire on Christmas Eve, and the wassail bowl sent round, brimming with its spicy beverage. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey By the time he has gorged himself with wassail, as is his wont, he will not know an old Countess from a young one. Quentin Durward Then the page, on bended knee, presented to each guest in turn the massive silver bowl of wassail, "the midnight draught of sleep," rich with wine and spices. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Then more shouting for joy when the bowls of wassail and posset come in, and all standing to give three times three for their new mistress and her husband. A Set of Rogues I have had overmuch wassail already," said poor Oliver, "and have been well nigh drowned in it. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day It represents the rough grandeur, hospitality, wassail and rude romance of the English nobility five hundred years ago. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 With this practice we may compare one long observed in our own country, and known as "wassailing." The Folk-lore of Plants "I mean the blank-ey'd queen whose wassail bowl "Is brimm'd from Lethe, and whose porch is red "With poppies, as it waits the panting soul— "She, she alone is great! Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems A messmate at sea, a comrade on shore, And in jolly carouse, in wassail roar. Verses and Rhymes By the Way In this very place, perhaps upon this very spot, he feasted and wassailed with his warriors, and drained his horn to the future glories of his name. Greifenstein Bid me bind you together for ever, and celebrate the day of your bridal, not with feasting or wassail, but with sorrow for past sin, and the resolution to commence a better life. The Monastery In the Delhi Club there was high wassail below him, while Major Alan Hawke restlessly paced his spacious rooms above, watching the lonely white moon sail through the clearest skies on earth. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story On strove the toiling ghost, his soul Stirr'd like strong mead in wassail bowl, That quivers to the shout of "Skoal!" Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems With all respect to Whitelocke," said the Lady Peveril, "I continue of my own opinion, though, Heaven knows, I am no friend to riot or wassail. Peveril of the Peak One had to go to the smoking room where there was wassail on lemon squash and insipid English beer until after midnight. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Cards and swords, and a lady's love, Give to the tale God-speeding, War and wassail, and perfumed glove, And all that's rare in reading. Flint and Feather Then the King said: "And now, Baby Charles, let us hear the boon ye were to crave of us at wassail as the guerdon for the holder of the lucky raisin in Master Sandy's snapdragon." The Children's Book of Christmas Stories The wassail had not yet begun, and there was a pause in the feast. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence It was wassail all in the great hall. Nonsense Novels Herrick sings,— "Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing." Wild Apples This was a sign the feast was o'er, It hushed the merry wassail roar, The minstrels ceased to sound. Marmion The feast, where with wassail they drink and sing, For three days lasted, But they sought the fourth morning what answer they'd bring From Helge king,— For now their return must be hasted. Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance The health was received with a general uproar of approval, and wassail was drunk to many other fair dames, by the rest of the revellers. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence But the wassail went on; and Brady himself couldn't have hammered the thirst mob into a better imitation of the real penchant for the stuff that you screw out of a bottle with a napkin. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million They were often noisy and unruly also in their wassail, and their quarter of the camp was prone to be a scene of loud revel and sudden brawl. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada The wassail round, in good brown bowls, Garnished with ribbons, blithely trowls. Marmion The office butler accordingly was very lucrative, because the guests at such wassails were in the habit of bribing him to purchase the liberty of drinking as little as they pleased or dared. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Him and me and Henry Horsecollar locked arms, and toted that phonograph around, and had wassail and diversions. Cabbages and Kings There were not many of them—perhaps a score—and there was wassail and things to eat, and speeches and the Spaniard was bearded again in recapitulation. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million "It would seem so, Sir Knight," he answered; "but I will wake them from their wassail." The Brethren Thee his wit and wassail, Like twin-currents flow In his newest stories, Published—long ago. Poems The rafters of the great living-room shook with the roar of wassail and of song. Lost Face We clamber down into arched passages, choked with debris, over floors tangled with briers, and join in the wild wassail of the bold outlaw, fired by his victorious career. Gala-days The laird did not awake in any reasonable time; for, he being overcome with fatigue and wassail, his sleep became sounder, and his Morphean measures more intense. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner He fancied that as a mummer at the feast of Saturn he might earn a few drops from the wassail cup. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The railroad gathered around it, and the wassail and diversions was intense. The Gentle Grafter A wassail candle, my lord—all tallow; if I did say of wax, my growth would approve the truth. King Henry IV, Part 2 "I have heard of thee," he said "men say thou art a prompt fellow in thy service, but too much given to brawling and to wassail to be trusted with things of moment." Kenilworth We had wassail and jubilee and saw the Flatiron building, and missed seeing the Bronxless menagerie by about a couple of nights. Whirligigs He might play knight-errant at my expense, but he would indulge in no wassail afterward, commemorating my weakness and gullibility. Options "Whilst youthful sports are lasting, to feasting turn our fasting: With revels and with wassails make grief and care our vassals, Fa-la!" Historic Girls A wassail candle, my lord, all tallow: if I did say of wax, my growth would approve the truth. King Henry IV, Part 2 “Come and wassail inside,” said Bertie hospitably; “I’m all alone, and there’s heap’s of ‘wet’.” The Toys of Peace, and other papers O bird with heart of wassail, That toss the Bacchic branch, And slip your shaken music, An elfin avalanche; Come tell me, O tell me, My poet of the blue! New Poems What wassail- bowls, robin-redbreasts, waits, snow landscapes, bursts of Christmas song! Some Roundabout Papers He had engaged to storm the castle single-handed and bring back the treasure that was to furnish them wassail and solace. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Only the loud voice of wassail could be heard, a voice made up of a hundred confused clamors, which rose and grew like a crescendo of Rossini's. The Magic Skin Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale, but spiced wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glitt'ring hearth. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick |
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