...shades, She may pass on with unblench't majesty, 430 Be it not don in pride, or in presumption. Som say no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake, or moorish fen, Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magick chains at cur feu time, 435 No goblin,...

...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...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...

...letter written by Lord Acton to Bishop Creighton in i887. But John Milton, two centuries earlier, wrote: 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...

...horrid shades, She may pass on with unblench't majesty, Be it not don in pride, or in presumption. Som say no evil thing that walks by night In fog, or fire, by lake, or moorish fen, Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magick chains at Curfeu time, No Goblin,...

...fate of the body: Tis chastity, my brother, chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel. No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. (lines 420-1, 436-7) Our problem in assessing the Elder Brother's claims is that it is unclear whether...

...magical powers of the earth, a feeling that we walk surrounded by presences that should be propitiated: Some say no evil thing that walks by night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen ... No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. This is the poetry...

...fairy meant to our ancestors. A good point to begin at is provided by three passages from Milton: (1) No evil thing that walks by night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre Hag or stubborn unlaid ghost — No goblin or swart Faery of the mine. (Comus, 432 sq.) (2)...

..."hidden strength": "Pis chastity, my brother, chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel. No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. (420-21, 436-37) Our problem in assessing the Elder Brother's claims is that it is unclear whether...

...the matter with the magical Comus, the Elder Brother catalogues the possible supernatural dangers: No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. (431-36) This final claim is, of course, the point of the Elder Brother's "worst-case scenario": no...

...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...walks by night In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, No goblin or swart faery of the mine Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity. (lines 42o-37) His speech...