 | Robert Bloomfield - 1800 - 374 pages
...the dark. 17 No Goblin he ; no imp of fin : No crimes had ever known. They took the fliaggy ftranger in, And rear'd him as their own. His little hoofs...round Upon the Cottage floor : The Matron learn'd to lore the found That frighten'd her before. 19 A favorite the Ghoft became ; And, 'twas his fate to... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Farm life - 1801 - 390 pages
...fin : No crimes bad ever known. They took the fliaggy ftranger in, And reared him as their own. 16 His little hoofs would rattle round Upon the Cottage floor : The Matron learn'd to love the found That frighten'd her before. 19 A favorite the Ghoft became ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive :... | |
 | Hunting - 1802 - 422 pages
...simple .«the playful lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. No Goblin he ; n>> imp of sin ; No crimes had ever known. • They took the shaggy stranger in,...His little hoofs would rattle round Upon the cottage fioor ; The matron learu'd to love the sound That fiighton'd lier before. A favourite the Ghost became,... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life in literature - 1802 - 166 pages
...simple as the playful Lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. 17 No Goblin he ; no imp of sin : No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And rear'd him as their own. 18 ("'.' ftis little hoofs would rattle round Upon the Cottage floor : The Matron learn'd to love the... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1805 - 176 pages
...of sin : No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And rear'd him as their own. 18 His little hoofs would rattle round Upon the Cottage...learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd her before. 19 A favourite the Ghost became ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he Hv'd and spread his fame,... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...simple as the playful lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. No goblin he ; no imp of sin : No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And...would rattle round Upon the cottage floor : The matron learn' d to love the sound That frighten'd her before. A favorite the ghost became ; And 'twas his... | |
 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 432 pages
...simple as the playful lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. No Goblin he ; no imp of sin : No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And...favourite the Ghost became ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive : j And long he liv'd and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the... | |
 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 430 pages
...simple as the playful lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. No Goblin he ; no imp of sin : No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And...frighten'd her before. A favourite the Ghost became; Andj 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he liv'd and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For... | |
 | African Americans - 1822 - 56 pages
...And, simple as the playful lamb. Had followed in the dark. No Goblin he, no imp ofsin ; No crimes had ever known. They took the shaggy stranger in, And rear'd him as their own. The Matron learned to love the sound, That frightened her before. A favourite the Ghost became ; And... | |
 | 1842 - 622 pages
...lost its dam Within the spacious park ; And simple as the playful lamb, Had follow'd in the dark. " A favourite the Ghost became ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive: And long he lived, and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. " For many a laugh went through the vale ; And... | |
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twas his fate to thrive : And long he lived and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale, And some conviction too : Each thought some other goblin tale, Perhaps, was just as true. 
