 | 1873 - 500 σελίδες
...of the protecting love and care of Him who had sent them " tidings of great joy." THE HOLY NIGHT. " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our SAVIOUR'S birth is celebrated .... no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, Nor fairy takes,... | |
 | H D. Richardson - 1847 - 126 σελίδες
...cock-crowing is likewise at a certain season rendered still more important — " Some say that ever against 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... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 228 σελίδες
...ever after during the holy season the cock was supposed to exert his power throughout the night. " Some say, that ever, 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit walks abroad." Traces of these religious breakfasts... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1895 - 666 σελίδες
...firstnamed festival. Perhaps Milton, in the quotation at the above reference, remembered Shakespeare : gome 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 say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome... | |
 | 1897 - 1138 σελίδες
...present text. RM SFBHCK, MA Manse of Arbuthnott, NB • HAJÍLKT,' I. i.— Some say, that erer 'gainit that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning aingeth all night long. Shakespeare evidently alludes to some tradition or superstition ; bat what... | |
 | Vimala Herman - 1998 - 350 σελίδες
...enunciation. but with reference to a timeless time. a hallowed and sacred time. of hope and redemption. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then. they say. no spirit dare stir abroad: The nights are wholesome: then... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1997 - 294 σελίδες
...Thames valley, and the sacramental description of Christmas would have struck the right holiday note: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then they say no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then... | |
 | Oliver Treanor - 1995 - 150 σελίδες
...Since it is from him that the title of this last chapter comes, we shall let him have the final word. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome; then... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 σελίδες
...opposed numbers Pluck their hearts from them.34 In Hamlet, 1600-1601, act I, scene I, Shakespeare wrote: Some say — that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated The bird of dawning singeth all night long.35 In act III, scene i, line 150, he wrote: 1 have heard of your paintings too,... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... 
