"Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well dress'd, Cheese, apples, and nuts, jolly carols to hear, As then in the country is counted good cheer.

This joy of the morning that the poet carols about so cheerfully, is often nothing more than the exuberance produced by a good hot breakfast.

Thousands of happy songsters carolled gaily among their branches, or hid themselves in the dense foliage of their wide-spreading arms.

A robin had hopped upon the window-sill just outside the patched and rusty screen and was joyfully caroling to her his views of life.

But the face in that instant of dream was the face of Miss Katharine Lansdale, and coupled with the vision was a prescience that in some later life I should again look back and see myself as now, a grown but awkward boy, still holding aloofstill adoring from some remote background while other and bolder gallants captured trophies and lightly carolled their serenades.

For much the pack (Roused from their dark alcoves) delight to stretch, 130 And bask in his invigorating ray: Warned by the streaming light and merry lark, Forth rush the jolly clan; with tuneful throats They carol loud, and in grand chorus joined Salute the new-born day.

John Copeland flung back his head and without prelude began to carol lustily.

It is so pleasant to hear her clear voice caroling overhead like a bird from the open window, and to see her bright face looking out now and then, her gold ear-rings bobbing to and froher black rippling hair, and her merry eyes blinded with dust and flueto swallow a breath of air.

His martial achievements remain engraved on a pillar of flint in the rocks of Hanga, and are to this day solemnly carolled to the harp by the Laplanders, at the fires with which, they celebrate their nightly festivities.

At his word the company fell to their ranks and forthwith swung off again south and by east, what time Giles carolled blithely, and divers chorused lustily: while Roger whistled and even grim Walkyn (bethinking him of Gui of Allerdale) rumbled hoarsely in his hairy throat.

After supper, Felicia played the Toad Song on the melodeon until it ran in all their heads, and Kirk could be heard caroling it, upstairs, when he was supposed to be settling himself to sleep.