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THE CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMAS DAY

by Robert Herrick

Kindle the Christmas brand, and then

Till sunset let it burn;

Which quench'd, then lay it up again,

Till Christmas next return.

Part must be kept, wherewith to teend

The Christmas log next year;

And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend

Can do no mischief there.

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