A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall
"A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall" opens with an exuberant call to awaken music, voice, and heart in honour of Christ's birth. Herrick transforms the cold December night into a vision of May-like warmth and fragrance, asking why winter suddenly blooms with the promise of spring. The answer arrives with quiet triumph: it is the birth of the "Darling of the World," whose light turns bare ground into flowers and invites every heart to become a worthy room for a King.
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