December ('Neath Mistletoe)
'Neath Mistletoe, should chance arise,
You may be happy if you're wise!
Though bored you be with Pantomime
And Christmas fare and Christmas rhyme —
One fine old custom don't despise.
If you're a man of enterprise
You'll find, I venture to surmise,
'Tis pleasant then at Christmas-time
'Neath Mistletoe!
You see they scarcely can disguise
The sparkle of their pretty eyes:
And no one thinks it is a crime,
When goes the merry Christmas chime,
A rare old rite to exercise
'Neath Mistletoe!
~~
J. Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917)
from The Lazy Minstrel, 1886
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
J. Ashby-Sterry biography
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