| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
| 1817 - 292 pages
...can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakespeare : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeih all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The... | |
| England - 1828 - 964 pages
...unsubstantial, it may be an ill-omened vision ; still it is the halo of the pure, and lovely moon. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...and of the truth ^e This present object made probation.1 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights... | |
| 1824 - 462 pages
...festival:— " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour1: birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome — then no planet* strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Seine say. that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our...singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes; no witch hath... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1819 - 502 pages
...the truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock. (28) Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 1623> 3S. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad;... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : •~ Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1820 - 512 pages
...Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, J623< 3SThe bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad; * ^ *J?*The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, 162", 32. No fairy (a9)... | |
| Johann Gottfried Herder - Philosophy - 1821 - 598 pages
...i)ifiri) bec töütc unb beô ÜK^ÍÜ »cnvanbcít: Some say, that ever 'gainst that feason come* **•) Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird...night long; And then they say, no spirit walks abroad; The nights are wholesome, then no planets strinc ; No fairy takes, no witch hath power to chavm; '... | |
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