25 December 2017

Keep.

Caldecott, Old Christmas Frontispiece, 1886


From noise of scare-fires rest ye free,
From murders Benedicite!
From all mischances that may fright
Your pleasing slumbers in the night:
Mercy secure ye all, and keep
The goblin from ye, while ye sleep.
Past one o'clock, and almost two,
My masters all, "Good day to you."

Robert Herrick

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