 | David Lyle Jeffrey - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1000 pages
...Horatio and Mancellus understand it to be of demonic origin (1 . 1 .149-56). Marcellus then observes: Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes Wherein Our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bind of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights... | |
 | Home economics - 1913 - 1054 pages
...hallowing of the world about us of which the old, unfading, lovely lines tell seems literally present: "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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 148 pages
...probation. MARCELLUS It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes 115 Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird...singeth all night long, And then they say no spirit dare walk abroad; The nights are wholesome, then no planet strikes, No fairy 1akes, nor witch hath... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mary Foakes, R. A. Foakes - Drama - 1998 - 538 pages
...Festivals 1 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning 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... | |
 | John S. Rickard - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 258 pages
...fearful summons”), and Marcellus explains the role the cock's crow plays in the Christmas season, when “The bird of dawning singeth all night long, / And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad” (1.1.147—61). References to “Who Killed Cock Robin?” (“Who'll read the... | |
 | Washington Irving, Haskell S. Springer - Fiction - 1999 - 372 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 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... | |
 | Edward L. Ferman, Gordon Van Gelder - Fiction - 1999 - 390 pages
...mixed in the legend that animals can talk at midnight, when Christmas Eve becomes Christmas Day.” Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes. Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singetb all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad; The nights... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 324 pages
...truth herein 155 This present object made probation. MARCELLUS 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, rôo And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The... | |
 | Barbara Michaels - Fiction - 2009 - 404 pages
...different. “Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviours birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning 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... | |
 | Lawrence Schoen - Fiction - 2001 - 240 pages
...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...to charm; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. So have I heard,and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the... | |
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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 dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,... 
