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THE LORD OF MISRULE
AND OTHER POEMS
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Come in with boughs of May!
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THE LORD OF
MISRULE
AND OTHER POEMS
BY
ALFRED NOYES
WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOURS BY
SPENCER BAIRD NICHOLS
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation
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CONTENTS
THE LORD OF MISRULE
On May days the wild heads of the parish would choose a Lord of Misrule, whom they would follow even into the church, though the minister were at prayer or preaching, dancing and swinging their may-boughs about like devils incarnate.
—Old Puritan Writer.
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