“Where All Hearts Meet Together”: Washington Irving’s “Old Christmas”
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A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. –From an old song
“Where All Hearts Meet Together”: Washington Irving’s “Old Christmas”
“Where All Hearts Meet Together”: Washington…
“Where All Hearts Meet Together”: Washington Irving’s “Old Christmas”
A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. –From an old song