 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 - Seite 31von John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 Seiten
...desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unhlench'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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 508 Seiten
...{hades, She may pafs on with unblench't majefty, Be it not don in pride, or in prefumption. 430 Som fay no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake, or moorim fen, Blew meager Hag, or ftubborn unlaid ghoft, That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time,... | |
 | Adrien Rouquette - 1852 - 170 Seiten
...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 fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o er true virginity.... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...Desolation dwells, By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, ? To patch, nay ogle, may become a saint ; Nor could...paint, But since, alas, frail beauty must decay ; meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfeu time, 435 No goblin, or... | |
 | 1856 - 412 Seiten
...errant spirit as probably reprobate and outcast. He introduces him into very equivocal society : — "Evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by...meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his mngic chains at curfew time; .... Goblin, or swart fairy of the miue." And he elsewhere implies, that... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 344 Seiten
...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 - 1853 - 372 Seiten
...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 magic chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 Seiten
...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 magic chains at Curfeu time, No goblin, or swart... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 Seiten
...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 rut hu time, No goblin, nor swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful pow«r o'er true virginity."... | |
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