by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Some say that ever against that Season...
Language: English
Some say that ever against that Season comes Wherein our Saviour'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 takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Hamlet, Act I, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John La Montaine (1920 - 2013), "That hallowed season", from Songs of the Nativity, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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