...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, Tliis bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; '; The...

...war ; Why such impress of shipwrights whose sore task Does not divide the Sunday from the week ?" " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then they say no spirit dare stir abroad." " Sleeping...

...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, 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...

...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...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinniael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands, an old English family, who came into Wales in...

...Warton — Pennant : Tours in Wales, TO!. iii. p. 160. ' Some say that ever 'gainst that season conies Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinmael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands, an old English family, who came into Wales in...

...To its confine ; and of the truth herein " This present object makes probation. . . . " It faded at the crowing of the cock — " Some say that ever 'gainst that season come* " Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, " The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; "...

...cock's crowing, he takes occasion to mention its crowfltg all hours of the night about Christmastime, and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for...ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birlh is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long \ And then, say they, no spirit dares...

...beautifully described this tradition, when the Ghost in Hamlet disappears at the crowing of the cock : "It faded on the crowing of the cock. * Some say,...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth aU night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no...

...this great christian jubilee. " Some say, .that even 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Savior'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...

...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...bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes...