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First Line: Kindle the christmas brand and then
Last Line: Can do no mischiefe (there.)
Subject(s): Candlemas


Kindle the Christmas Brand, and then
Till Sunne-set, let it burne;
Which quencht, then lay it up agen,
Till Christmas next returne.
Part must be kept wherewith to teend
The Christmas Log next yeare;
And where 'tis safely kept, the Fiend,
Can do no mischiefe (there.)





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