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
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...Desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd mojesty, Be it not meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfeu time, 435 No goblin, or... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...Desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shogg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty. on by thee fell. Cursed Plant! I lov'd thee well;...dip my arrows in thy juice. Cursed Plant ! 'tis tru meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfcu time, 435 No goblin, or... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unbTench'd majesty, magic chains at curfew time ; No goblin or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shaggM with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, magic chains at curfew time ; No goblin or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.... | |
| John Smith (of Glasgow.) - 1847 - 342 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,...In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre bag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfeu time, No goblin, or swart faery... | |
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 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,...night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart... | |
| Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...qnoque mos ad capita virginum apponendi florum coronas," 4c. Casa. de Vet. Sac. Christi, p. 334. 3 " Some say no evil thing that walks by night, in fog...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."... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...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 fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true Virginity. Do ye believe me yet, or shall I call Antiquity from the old... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 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 curfew time, No goblin or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.... | |
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagged with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblenched majesty, Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say,...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.... | |
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