 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 are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power...  The Fairy Mythology - Page 135by Thomas Keightley - 1828Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes .• • • • B Wherein Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long i And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike.... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...word Plygan, as applied to this cuftom. Accordingly, Shakefpeare finely defcribes this old opinion -. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singethall night long: And then they say no spirit walks abroad : The nights are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation.1 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...and 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 our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, say they, no spirit dares walk abroad: The nights... | |
 | Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...• Some say, that, ever, 'gainst the season comes At which 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 strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...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...dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,1 nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...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...dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,1 nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...Hoottr. Some иу, that ever 'g aimt that season comes, 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 itnke; No fairy takes, no witch hath power... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...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...stir abroad; » The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, • Nd fairy takes', nor which hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is... | |
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