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TESTO DEL LIED

"That hallowed season"
di William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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 talks , nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.