 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.  Comus: A Mask - Page 31by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...dwells, By grots, and eaverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unbleneh'd majesty, nted by Thomas Davison for Thomas Tegg magie ehains at eurten time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1825 - 318 pages
...her to relinquish the idea, and though most reluctantly, consent to be his on the morrow. CHAP. VI. " Some say, no evil thing that walks by night, In fog,...lake, or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn uulaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, ,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...dwells, \ By grots and caverns, shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, Be it not done in pride or in presumption. Some say,...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, ' That breaks his magic charms at curfew time, No goblin, or swort fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfeu time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful pow'r o'er true virginity.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity."... | |
 | 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...night, In fog, or fire, by lake, or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, 435 No goblin, or... | |
 | 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,...night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfen time, 435 No goblin, or... | |
 | 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,...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity."... | |
 | 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,...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chain at curfew time, No goblin, nor swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity."... | |
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