...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...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...

...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...morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yond' high eastern hill. Break we our watch up ; and, by my advice, Let us impart what we have seen...

...planets strike , No fairy takes , por witch hath power to charm , So hallow'd and so gracious is that time. Hor. So have I heard , and do in part believe...morn, in russet mantle clad , Walks o'er the dew of yond' high eastern hill. Break we our watch up ; and , by my advice , Let us impart what we have seen...

...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." HAMLET. THE progress of the Christmas celebrations has, at length, brought us up to the immediate threshold...

...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." A RIGHT merry time is Christmas ! Then, the misletoe hangs from the beam, and red-berried holly is...

...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." "Here," says a pleasing writer, "a sort of mental metonymy has taken place : and the crowing of the...

...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." The famous Glastonbury thorn, traditionally said to have grown into a tree from the stick of St. Joseph...

...is celebrated. This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk folly. Reverse thy doom ; And in thy best consideration...answer my life my judgment, Thy youngest daughter that time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But. look, the morn, in russet mantle clad....

...are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard,...of yon high eastern hill : Break we our watch up. — We are brought out of the cold night into the -warm sunshine, and we realize, in this lyrical movement,...

...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...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." WCB CHRISTMAS PASTIMES IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGN. — Amongst the original letters preserved by the...