internetPoem.com Login

Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve

Robert Herrick

Down with the rosemary, and so
Down with the bays and misletoe;
Down with the holly, ivy, all
Wherewith ye dress'd the Christmas hall;
That so the superstitious find
No one least branch there left behind;
For look, how many leaves there be
Neglected there, maids, trust to me,
So many goblins you shall see.

(C) Robert Herrick
03/05/2017


Best Poems of Robert Herrick