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...singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stark or the harn-door, Stately struts his dames hefore : Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly...

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...his watch-tow'r in the skies, , Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweetbrier,...the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn door. Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the...

...rise ; v Then to come in spite of sorrow, • And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the...the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the bam door Stoutly struts his dames before ; Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn, Cheerly rouse the...

...football. Childermas, or the Feast of Holy Innocents, was esteemed a day of very unlucky omens.* " When the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness...or the barndoor, Stoutly struts his dames before." * See Hospinian de Festis, and other early writers on Christian Antiquities. In describing, as above,...