...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." The evergreens with which, according to ancient custom, we deck our churches and houses at this season,...

...is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares*stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets...charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the...

...This * bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad a ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike,...hallow'd and so gracious is the -\- time. HOR. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the...

...: 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...wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Amidst the general call to happiness,...

...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...wholesome : then no planets strike, No fairy takes*; no witch hath power to charm; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.' This admirable author, as well...

...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...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as...

...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,...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So ballow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as...

...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...nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takesi, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard,...

...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...time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill : Break...

...Some say, that ever 'gainst that season conies Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." f Such is, undoubtedly, the popular superstition ; but, in point of reasoning, nothing can be more...