| English literature - 1847 - 446 pages
...lines: " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our SAVIOUR'S birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then,...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." "Here," says a pleasing writer, "a sort of mental metonymy has taken place : and the crowing of the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...the crowing of the cock. 9 Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night...wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, 3 nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious 4 is the time. Mar. Let's do't, I pray;... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: " Some eay that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's...say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome—then no planets strike. No fairy tnkes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so... | |
| Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...give up their dead In certain hope to meet their God." This bird of dawning singeth all night lo:ig. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The...strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, S o hallow'd and so gracious is the lime." Dr. Farmer, citing Bourne in this place, says : " And he... | |
| Electronic journals - 1883 - 676 pages
...in Hamlet, I. i. — that when " that season comes AVherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then,...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." WCB CHRISTMAS PASTIMES IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGN. — Amongst the original letters preserved by the... | |
| Electronic journals - 1883 - 674 pages
...that when " that reason cornea \Vberein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singoth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares...takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and ao gracious is the time." WCB CHRISTMAS PASTIMES IN QUEKN ELIZABETH'S REIGN. — Amongst the original... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pages
...on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 pages
...ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviours birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning sinijeth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe it. But. look, the morn, in russet mantle clad. Walks... | |
| Bevelled edge boards (Binding) - 1851 - 216 pages
...here. " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then,...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time." SHAKSPEAHI:. Tho following extracts comprise descriptions of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 pages
...the crowing of the cock.8 Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night...nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,3 nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious 4 is the time. liar. So have I heard,... | |
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