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" Be it not done in pride or in presumption. 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 fairy of the mine,... "
The Discarded Son; Or, Haunt of the Banditti: A Tale - Page 255
by Regina Maria Roche - 1825
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Comus: A Mask

John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...fire, by lake or moorish fen, " Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, " That breaks his magick chains at curfew time, " No goblin, or swart Fairy of the mine, 1 10 " To testify the arms of Chastity ? " Hence had the huntress Dian her dread bow, " Fair silver-shafted...
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...fire, by lake or moorish fen, " Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, " That breaks his magick chains at curfew time, " No goblin, or swart Fairy of the mine, no " Hath hurtful pow'r o'er true virginity. " Do ye believe me yet, or shall I call " Antiquity from...
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Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I ...

English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...fire, by lake or moorish fen, *' Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, " That breaks his magick chains at 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...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...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 fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful pow'r o'er true virginity. Do ye believe me yet, or shall I call Antiquity from the old schools of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...hobgoblins, pitiless and rough, and deicribed as malevolent and mischievous. Johnson. So, Milton: " No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, " Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity." Malonc. It is true that there is a species of malevolent and mischievous Fairies; but Fairy, as it...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 2

English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...or fire, by lake 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 pow'r o'er true virginity. Do ye believe me yet, or shall I call Antiquity from the old schools of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 480 pages
...hobgoblins, pitiless and rough, and described as malevolent and mischievous. JOHNSON. So, Milton : " No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, " Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity." MAI.ONE. . It is true that there is a species of malevolent and mischievous Fairies ; but Fairy, as...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 5-6

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...that walks by night 43.5 In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager'hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfew time, No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, call it shortly quina, as appears by the following title of a book that treats of...
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Discoveries in Hieroglyphics and Other Antiquities, Volume 6

Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 354 pages
...that walks by night 43,5 In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfew time, No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, call it shortly quina, as appears by the following title of a book that treats of...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 5-6

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...that walks by night 43.5 In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meager hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at Curfew time, No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, call it shortly quina, as appears by the following title of a book that treats of...
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