 It faded on the crowing of the 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 say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then...  HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Page 421by KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Full view - About this book
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1869 - 826 pages
...of all is that so musicaMy given by Shakspeare.in linee which we all ought to know by heart, — • Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares siir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike. No fairy takes, nor witch has... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 656 pages
...roving up and down. This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock.* Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy tikes,*1 nor witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. -V-//or. So have... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1870 - 374 pages
...touched upon Christmas Eve with a reverential tenderness, sweet as if he had spoken it hushingly. *' Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...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... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - Birds - 1871 - 840 pages
...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...hallow'd and so gracious is the time." Hamlet, Act i. Sc. i. " Hark ! hark ! I hear the strain of strutting chanticleer cry cockadidle-dowe. — Tempest, Act... | |
 | Oliver Treanor - Music - 1995 - 150 pages
...Since it is from him that the title of this last chapter comes, we shall let him have the final word. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time (Hamlet, 1, i, 158-164). SEVEN BELLS TO BETHLEHEM THE O ANTIPHONS COVER: A detail from Winter Landscape, by... | |
 | Vimala Herman - Dialogue - 1998 - 350 pages
...enunciation. but with reference to a timeless time. a hallowed and sacred time. of hope and redemption. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...No fairy takes. nor witch hath power to charm. So hallow 'd and so gracious is that time. 11.1.158-64) ln Shakespeare's King Lear. the time gap between... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - Drama - 1997 - 294 pages
...Thames valley, and the sacramental description of Christmas would have struck the right holiday note: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed, and so gracious is that time. (1.1.158) Besides, the Danish setting of the play complimented... | |
 | John Russell - Drama - 1995 - 260 pages
...Marcellus amplifies on these remarks. Just prior to the most holy sea' son of Christmas, he observes, This bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then,...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm: So hallowed and so gracious is that time. (Ii 160-64) The implication of these comments is clear. The... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...the mystical atmosphere. Exterior / SENTRY POST Dawn MARCELLUS It faded on the crowing of the cock Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...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 poiver... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Denmark - 1996 - 132 pages
...season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long, 160 And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is that time. HOR. So have I heard and do in part believe it. 165 But look,... | |
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