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 - Page 249by Washington Irving - 1868 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 344 pages
...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." f Such is, undoubtedly, the popular superstition ; but, in point of reasoning, nothing can be more... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...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, N7o fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 pages
...birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, say they, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets...to charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time ! This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men of all ages, and of all nations, seems... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...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, 36 * And now the code, the morning's trumpeter, Play'd hunts-np for the day-stay to appear.' Dragton.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...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, 38 ' And now the cocke, the morning's trumpeter, Play'd hunts-up for the day-stay to appear.' Drayton.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
..."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, 38 ' And now the cocke, the morning's trumpeter, Play'd bunts-up for the day-stay to appear.' Drayton.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...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. MORNING. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill. REAL... | |
| William Collins - 1828 - 108 pages
...I, O Fear, will dwell with thee !* The Mid of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad, The nights are wholesome...charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.— Hamlet, A. 1,8. 1» which have been thus transIaTfed ; — Et quoties redeunt natalla tempora ChrisU... | |
| William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...O Fear, will dwell with thee !• The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad, The nights are wholesome...no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so graeious is the time.— Hamlet, A. 1, SI which have been thus translated ; — Et quoties redeunt... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...no spirit dares stir ahroad ; The nights are wholesome: then no planets strike, \o fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious Is the time. tt,,,-. So have Iheard, and do in part helieve it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks... | |
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