 | Stephen W. Smith, Travis Curtright - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 264 pages
...Hamlet: 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...nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed, and so gracious, is that time. (1.1.158-64) 5. Frances... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...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,...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. (ii 157) 'Gracious*.... | |
 | K. H. Anthol - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 344 pages
...in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein 155 This present object made probation. Mar. It faded...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long; 160 And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The... | |
 | Nicholas Brooke - Drama - 2005 - 240 pages
...cockcrow is discussed, at first as confirming popular belief, but it grows (of course) to more than that : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that...singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome . . . (157-62) 'This bird of dawning' associated with Christian... | |
 | Andreas Höfele, Werner von Koppenfels - History - 2005 - 312 pages
...introduces yet another bit of folklore into the perplexed discussion on the ramparts of the castle: It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that...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... | |
 | Franz Michael Maier - Aesthetics - 2006 - 342 pages
...handelt sich um die Lehre von der apotropäischen Wirkung des Hahnenkrähens in der Weihnachtszeit. 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... | |
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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 spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then... 
