The Rising of the Sun

Some say that ever 'gainst 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.

--William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English actor, playwright, and poet, from from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i