...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...charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." J * Winter's Tale. t William Hone's ' Ancient Mysteries,' p. 92. { Hamlet, Act i., Scene i. Surely...

...is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...to 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...

...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 gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections, which...

...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 gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections, which...

...has morning) is the true reading. The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes3, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is that time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,...

...has morntm/) is the true reading. The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes2, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is that time. Ilor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle...

...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no sprite dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.' " Prudentius, early in the fourth century, noticed the terror...

...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawmng singeth all night long: . And then, they say, no sprite dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.' " Prudentius, early in the fourth century, noticed the terror...

...say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,2 nor witch hath power to charm. So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Ho. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...

...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 gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections, which...