Now, Now, The Mirth Comes - The Hymns and Carols of Christmas

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“Now, Now The Mirth Comes” Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand That soiles my land; And giv'st me for my bushell sowne, Twice ten for one. This is an excerpt from a longer poem, "A Thanksgiving To God, For His House." The full poem is found in the Appendix. It is unknown whether or not Herrick wrote any substantial volume of poetry after the publication of Hesperides in 1648, but only a very few have yet been found, and none after 1649. Most consider it unlikely that his pen was silent in the 25 years until his death. In the years following his removal from Dean Prior in 1648, deprived of income, he lived a life of penury and dependence. This poem from Hesperides perhaps reflects the feelings he would experience during these years: Once poore, still penurious. Goes the world now, it will with thee goe hard: The fattest Hogs we grease the more with Lard. To him that has, there shall be added more; Who is penurious, he shall still be poore. However, with the restoration of Charles II. in 1662, he was again restored to his modest position in Devon. He resided there until his death in October 1674 at the age of eighty-three. He was a life-long bachelor, and penned several poems concerning this decision, including this one, titled “His Answer to a Question:” Some would know Why I so Long still doe tarry, And ask why Here that I Live, and not marry? Thus I those Doe oppose; What man would be here, Slave to Thrall, If at all He could live free here? It is believed that many of the women mentioned in his romantic poetry were fictional. Page vi
Christmas Poetry By Robert Herrick For more of Herrick's poetry, see The Works of Robert Herrick by Anniina Jokinen. This site also has a short biography of Herrick. (URL: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/herribib.htm ) See also “The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick,” http://herrick.ncl.ac.uk/ ; this site contains a biography, plus the complete text of Herrick's Hesperides and Noble Numbers: http://herrick.ncl.ac.uk/Hesperides%20and%20His%20Noble%20Numbers.txt Sources: “Robert Herrick's Life,” http://herrick.ncl.ac.uk/biography.htm from “The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick,” http://herrick.ncl.ac.uk/ William Henry Husk, Songs of the Nativity (London: John Camden Hotten, 1868) Washington Irving, Old Christmas – From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving. London: Macmillan & Co., Fifth Edition, 1886. Francis Turner Palgrave, ed., “A Selection From The Lyrical Poems Of Robert Herrick”, circa 1876; Project Gutenberg Etext #1211 (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1211 ) “Life of Herrick,” excerpted by Anniina Jokinen from “The Works of Robert Herrick,” Vol. I, Alfred W. Pollard, Ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/pollardlife.htm Henry Vizetelly, Christmas With The Poets (London: David Bogue, 1851). Wikipedia, “Robert Herrick (Poet);” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Herrick_(poet) This compilation is copyright 2007 by Douglas D. Anderson, and may not be included in any other collection, in any form. Page vii
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