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On the floors strew rushes, herbs among them, rosemary and bay, laurel sharp and woodruff savory. On mantels and rafters high, over the doors and windows, hang sweet pine and yew, white-berried mistletoe, red holly and rowan. Festoon with juniper and ivy the balustrades and archways, and know solstice-tide is come, The winter snows without may fall, but we are warm within the hall. Merry make, be glad of heart, that winter's turning comes. All the Speaking Peoples mark the season, and rejoice at hearth and home, deep delved or builded high, with bright evergreen to ward away the dark.