Comments on: A Shakespeare Christmas http://www.bardblog.com/merry-christmas/ Quips, Quibbles, Queries, and Quarks from a Quirky Bardolator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Simon Thompson http://www.bardblog.com/merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Simon Thompson Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:19:33 +0000 http://gedaly.com/bardblog/?p=23#comment-1173 "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 say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is that time" From Hamlet. “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 say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallowed and so gracious is that time”

From Hamlet.

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