| England - 1828 - 964 pages
...unsubstantial, it may be an ill-omened vision ; still it is the halo of the pure, and lovely moon. 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 dares stir abroad ; The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...erring 9 spirit hies " To his confine : and of the truth ^e This present object made probation.1 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, 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... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Seine say. that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. 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 : And then, they say, no... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1819 - 502 pages
...the truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock. (28) Some 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;... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of 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 long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...erring* spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation f. Afar* It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares*stir abroad; The nights... | |
| Johann Gottfried Herder - Philosophy - 1821 - 598 pages
...i)ifiri) bec töütc unb beô ÜK^ÍÜ »cnvanbcít: 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,... | |
| English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...said, that bread baked on this eve, will not become mouldy. Can Shakspeare be 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 long ; And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of 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 long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
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