...comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: Anft then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights...wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to...

...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, Tliis bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; '; The...

...: « 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...wholesome — then no planets strike , .No fairy takes , no witch hath power to charm , So hallowed and so gracious is the time. » Amidst the general call...

...9 Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast. Ben Jonson, Epicoene (1609) 10 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 power...

...faded on the crowing of the cock. *» Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning 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...

...faded on the crowing of the cock. QJ Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning 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...

...Deathless" as found in Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book, first published in 1890.] NO PLANETS STRIKE 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 dare stir abroad; The nights...

...confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation. 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 power...

...present object made probation. (Allows scarf to float to ground.) 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 dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath...

...and True God. Blessed be His Name. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviours birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy tales, nor witch hath power...