The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day
Kindle the Christmas brand, and thenTill sunset let it burn;Which quench'd, then lay it up again,Till Christmas next return.
Part must be kept, wherewith to teendThe Christmas log next year;And where 'tis safely kept, the fiendCan do no mischief there.
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