...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike,...

...has not neglected to avail himself: — * Warton — Pennant : Tours in Wales, vol. iii. p. 160. 1 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinniael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands,...

...the Ghost in Hamlet disappears at the crowing of the cock : v "It faded on the crowing of 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, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The...

...confine. But, during this holy season, the cock was supposed to exert his power throughout the night : — 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 say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights...

...confine. But, during this holy season, the cock was supposed to exert his power throughout the night:— Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our SAVIOUR'S birth is celebrated The bird of dawning singcth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights...

...subsided. To this Shakspeare alludes in his tragedy of Hamlet — " Some say, that ever 'gainst this season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they eay, no spirits stir abroad." 'Tis of this advantage the carollers and revellers,...

...with a reverential tenderness, sweet as if he had spoken it hushingly :" — Cock Crotr " Some шу, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Tlir bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no sprite dares «tir abroad ; The...

...through life. We will close with Shakspeare's beautiful allusion to a popular superstition : — " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth ia celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dare stay...

...William Shakspere. It was for the age when superstition, as we call it, had its poetical faith : — " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad , The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike,...

...iii. 4. Heavens grant that Warwick's words bewitch him not. 3 HENRY VI. iii. 3. BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long, So hallowed, and so gracious, is the time. HAMLET, i. 1. BLESSING. God's benison go with you ! MACEETH,...