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 are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power... The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 12by Washington Irving - 1822Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1772 - 370 pages
...night long: And then they fay no fpirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholfome, then no planets ftrike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and fo gracious is the time. ffor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in ruffet... | |
| Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pages
...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 hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time ! HAMLET. I fled, and cried out. ...Death; Hell trembled at the... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...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 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 morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er... | |
| John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchr elm, and churn-staffs ^re universally made of ki Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a jecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Mac au * wlfiibi'haf... | |
| John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchelm, and churn-staffs are universally made of k : Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power- to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a conjecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Macbtth '... | |
| William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...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 hath power to charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. . The Welsh yet retain the custom of wearing leeks in their hats... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 536 pages
...sprite dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike . No fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Serm. HI. CHRIST'S ADVENT TO JUDGMENT. 59 there is no advocate to plead for them, no mercy belongs... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...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 power to charm ; So halluw'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men... | |
| 1828 - 964 pages
...spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm So hallowed and so gracious is the time. But it is impertinent to quote Hamlet, or any thing else now. Suffice it, then, to remark, with what... | |
| 1824 - 462 pages
...long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome — then no planet* strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time." Amidst Ihe general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections, which prevail... | |
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