 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
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...fhades, She may pafson withunblench'd majcfly, Be it not done in pride, or in prcfumption. Some fay no evil thing that walks by night, ' In fog or fire, by lake, 'Or moorilh fen, Blue meagre hsg, or ftubborn ur.laid ¿¡hoil, a That That breaks his magic chains at... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 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...curfew time, " No goblin, or swart Fairy of the mine, no " Hath hurtful pow'ro'er true virginity. " Do ye believe me yet, or shall I call ' Antiquity from... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 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 pow'r o'er true virginity.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Desolation dwells By grots, and caverns shagg'd with horrid stoics, She may pass on with unbiench'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... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - English fiction - 1807 - 352 pages
...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,...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.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 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,...night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magick chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 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,...night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magick chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...dwells, l)y 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, no evil thing thatwalks by night In fog or lire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...desolation dwells, By grot- 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...or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghosts That breaks his magick chains at curfew time. No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...noble enthusiam of thi« passage, that he has no less than three imitations of it. Twice in Comus. Some say, no evil thing that walks by night, In fog,...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magiek chains at curfeu time ¡ No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful pow'r o'er true... | |
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