 Some say no evil thing that walks by night. In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.  Bell's Edition - Page 91by John Bell - 1788Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say, no evil tiling that walks by night In fog or 6re, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn...ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart faery of (lie mine, 436 Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. Do ye believe me... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...dwells, By grots and caverns, shagg'cl with horrid shacks, She may pass on with nnbleneh'd majesty, Be it not done in pride or in presumption. Some say, no evil titing that walks by nightIn fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...eye to the following passage of Milton ; Some say, no evil thing that walks by night In fog, orjire, by lake, or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn...ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfeu time, No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath, etc. Comus, ver. 432. Ver. 71. And I, O Fear, will dwell... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 712 pages
...and integrity that same indemnity from the power of evil which the poet claims for female purity: " Some say no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...dwells, By grots, and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, 430 Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say...stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, 435 No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. Do... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with nnblench'd majesty, 430 Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say,...stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfen time, 435 No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful pow'r o'er true :virginity, Do... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1835 - 452 pages
...and integrity that same indemnity from the power of evil which the poet claims for female purity : " Some say no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 pages
...and integrity that same indemnity from the power of evil which the poet claims for female purity : " Some say no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...simple mountaineers, both in Scotland and Wales, believe that in the neighbourhood of this tree • " No evil thing that walks by night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, — No goblin, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...dwells, By grots, and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, 430 Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say...stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, 435 No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. Do... | |
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