| Robert Plumer Ward - England - 1841 - 304 pages
...our feet ; the gardens shed a thousand balms through the air ; all our thoughts were at home. " The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, Nor faery takes, nor witch hath... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 546 pages
...Crma " S°m6 say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Whercin our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no sprite dares «tir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 514 pages
...Crou " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Whercin our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no sprite dares «tir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers (Elementary) - 1841 - 286 pages
...'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth was celebrated, This bird of dawning singelh 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 power to charm,... | |
| Edward L. Ferman, Gordon Van Gelder - Fiction - 1999 - 390 pages
...when Christmas Eve becomes Christmas Day. " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes. \Vherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. This bird of dawning...singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No jaiiy takes, nor witch hath... | |
| John S. Rickard - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 258 pages
...summons"), and Marcellus explains the role the cock's crow plays in the Christmas season, when "The bird of dawning singeth all night long, / And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad" (1.1.147-61). References to "Who Killed Cock Robin?" ("Who'll read the book? I, said... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 324 pages
...MARCELLUS 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, 160 n9ff The silent beats after Horatio's half-line exhortations in Q2 at 132 and 135 suggest an expectant... | |
| Gene Wolfe - Fiction - 2001 - 388 pages
...first published in 1890.] NO PLANETS STRIKE 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 dare stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
| Page Smith, Charles Daniel - Nature - 2000 - 398 pages
...cock. *» Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
| Page Smith, Charles Daniel - Nature - 2000 - 398 pages
...cock. QJ Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
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