| Thomas Aird - Scotland - 1845 - 266 pages
...— " 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 harm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time." The last hour of the... | |
| John Mills - Christmas stories, English - 1846 - 170 pages
...HOMESTEAD," «C WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUNCAN, ENGRAVED BY LINTON. H. HT'RST, KING WILLIAM ST.. STB AND. "Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...nights are wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to chaiua, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." A 2 PREFACE. IN submitting... | |
| G. F. Sargent, William Shakespeare - 1846 - 292 pages
...day ; and, at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, Th' extravagant and erring spirit of children. Be not fond, To think that Caesnr bears...fools ; I mean sweet words, Low crooked curtsies, can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike. No fairy takes, nor witch hath power... | |
| 1847 - 214 pages
...writes, " 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." The famous Glastonbury... | |
| English literature - 1847 - 446 pages
...lines: " 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." "Here," says a pleasing... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 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...say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome—then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...faded on the crowing of the cock. 9 Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth...nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, 3 nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious 4 is the time. Mar. Let's do't,... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1849 - 542 pages
...the approach of this sacred festival : " Some say that ever 'gainst that se ason comes Wherein onr Saviour's birth is celebrated. This bird of dawning...are wholesome — then no planets strike. No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." Amidst the general call... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 492 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...of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they aay, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes,... | |
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