 It faded on the crowing of the cock. 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, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then...  HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Page 421by KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Full view - About this book
 | Christmas - 1852 - 236 pages
...owl, To-whoo ; Tu-whit, to-whoo, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. W. SHA.KSPEAHE. SOME say that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
 | 1852 - 478 pages
...truth herein This present object made probation. •Harcellus. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 pages
...the truth herein This present object made probation. Marcellus. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...SHAKSPEKE : A BIOGRAPHY. This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad, The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." * Surely it is the poet himself who adds, in the person of Horatio, "So have I heard, and do in part... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - 1852 - 194 pages
...birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singcth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." " There's poetry ! " exclaimed Mr. Colebatch, looking up at the mask. " That's a cut above my tragedy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 574 pages
...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 planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. .HaK^So I have heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1852 - 246 pages
...scare away all evil things from infesting the hallowed hours : — " And then they say, no spirit dares stir abroad, The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." In the south-west of England, there exists a superstitious notion, that the oxen are to be found kneeling,... | |
 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...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 planets...hallow'd and so gracious is the time. (Hamlet. Act I.) Advice to a Son going to travel. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.... | |
 | Ernest Silvanus Appleyard - 1853 - 224 pages
...called ' plygan,' or ' the crowing of the cock.' Shakespeare finely describes this old opinion :" — " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad : The nights are wholesome : then no planets strike ; No fairy takes ; no witch have power... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 584 pages
...eld, That scarce his loosed limbs he able was to wield. VOL. V.— 41 CHRISTMAS TIDE, BY SHAKSPEARE. SOME say that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
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