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" 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 dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to... "
The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ... - Page 13
by Washington Irving - 1829
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pages
...cock. Seine 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; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...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...dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no pbaeti strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm. So hallow'd and so gracious is the time....
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Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 502 pages
...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; * S"l'"'• T'i_ • i J ii r .' i * •! can walk, The nights are wholesome; then...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...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...the time. Amidst the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections, which prevail at this period, what bosom can remain...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1839 - 602 pages
...too hacknied to quote? " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." The evergreens with which,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...Lat. So, in Spenser's Fairy Queen, book icv si. 15 : " He stands amazed how he thence should./flflfe." This * bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad 3 ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes 4, nor witch hath power to charm,...
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J.G. v. Herder's sämmtliche Werke: Zur Philosophie und ..., Volume 28, Part 12

Johann Gottfried Herder - 1821 - 598 pages
...Some say, that ever 'gainst that feason come* **•) Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth 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 to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do...
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The Tatler, Volume 2

1822 - 496 pages
...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,...No fairy takes*; no witch hath power to charm; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.' This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...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...No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So ballow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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