 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
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. ' 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 dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes*; no witch hath... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " 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 dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " 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 dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 490 pages
...hirth is celebrated, This hird of dawning singeth all night long: And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe U. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 344 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...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...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 - 370 pages
...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...There sat a man of ripe and perfect age, \Vhodid them meditate all his life laut;. ï'atrie (¿ueene. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad. He will maintain you like a gentlewoman. — Aye, that 1 will, come cut and longtail... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in -russet mantle clad, Walks... | |
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