One word ere yet the evening ends;
Let's close it with a parting rhyme,
And pledge a hand to all young friends,
As fits the merry Christmas-time.
On life's wide scene you, too, have parts,
That fate erelong shall bid you play;
Good-night! with honest, gentle hearts
A kindly greeting go alway.

Come wealth or want, come good or ill,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the Awful Will,
And bear it with an honest heart.
Who misses or who wins the prize,
Go, lose or conquer as you can;
But if you fail, or if you rise,
Be each, pray God, a gentleman.

A gentleman, or old or young!
(Bear kindly with my humble lays);
The sacred chorus first was sung
Upon the first of Christmas days;
The shepherds heard it overhead,
The joyful angels raised it then;
Glory to heaven on high, it said,
And peace on earth to gentle men.

My song, save this, is little worth;
I lay the weary pen aside,
And wish you health, and love, and mirth,
As fits the solemn Christmas-tide.
As fits the holy Christmas birth,
Be this, good friends, our carol still--
Be peace on earth, be peace on earth,
To men of gentle will.

_William Makepeace Thackeray._

FINIS.

Yule's come and Yule's gane,
And we have feasted weel;
Sae Jock mun to his flail again.
And Jenny to her wheel.

Transcriber's Notes:

A number of the poems contain archaic and varied spelling. This has
been left as printed, with the exception of the following few printer
errors:

Page 84--plater'd amended to plaster'd--"And plaster'd round with
amber."

Page 86--tyran's amended to tyrant's--"The tyrant's sword with blood
is all defiled,"

Page 89--wind-winter amended to mid-winter--"In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago."

Page 204--Iaean amended to Idaean--"They say, was nourisht by th' Idaean
Mayd;"

Page 207--ore clamMorous amended to More clamorous--"More clamorous;
and through the frosted air,"

The frontispiece illustrations has been moved to follow the title
page. Captions have been added from the List of Illustrations.

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