 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine. And of the truth herein This present object made probation. MARCELLUS 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; then no planets strike; No fairy takes; nor witch hath... | |
 | Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 1198 pages
...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...are 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... | |
 | International Shakespeare Association. Congress - Drama - 1983 - 282 pages
...Marcellus, comments on the cock-crow in words which raise the convention to a wholly different plane: 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 power... | |
 | Arthur McGee - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 230 pages
...mattin rings. The Christian symbolism of the cock is underlined as Marcellus goes on: Some say that even 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth...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... 
