 At twilight, halted by the brook: And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping: Came towards her hobbling, Flying, running, leaping, Puffing and blowing, Chuckling, clapping, crowing, Clucking...  The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti - Page 14by Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1902Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 532 pages
...putting a silver penny in her purse, sets out to buy from the goblin-men ! — " Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling,...Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Heiter skelter, hurry skurry, Chattering like magpies, Fluttering like pigeons, Gliding like fishes,—... | |
 | 1863 - 652 pages
...putting a silver penny in her puree, Beta out tu buy from the goblin-men ! — " Laughed cveigr goblin When they spied her peeping: Came towards her hobbling,...Pulling wry faces, Demure grimaces, Catlike and ratlike, Ratcl- and wombat-like, Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Heiter skelter, hurry skurry,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 pages
...to listen and look. Laughed every goblin Mlien they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling O" Flying, running, leaping, Puffing and blowing, Chuckling,...Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Helter skelter, hurry skurry, Chattering like magpies, Fluttering like pigeons, Gliding like fishes,... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...halted by the brook : And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling,...Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Helter skelter, hurry skurry, Chattering like magpies, Fluttering like pigeons, Gliding like fishes,—... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 pages
...halted by the brook : And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling,...wry faces, Demure grimaces, Cat-like and rat-like, Eatel- and wombat-like, Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Helter skelter, hurry skurry,... | |
 | 1871 - 402 pages
...halted by the brook : And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping • Came towards her hobbling,...Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Helter skelter, hurry skurry, Chattering like magpies, Fluttering like pigeons, Gliding like fishes,... | |
 | Harry Buxton Forman - 1871 - 536 pages
...we get passages of this nature, such as the description of the goblin men : ' Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling, Flying, running, leaping, Pnffing and blowing, Chuckling, clapping, crowing, Clucking and gobbling, Mopping and mowing, Full... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1875 - 314 pages
...halted by the brook : And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping : Came towards her hobbling, Flying, running, leaping, j Puffing and blowing, \Chuckling, clapping, crowing, Clucking and gobbling, Full of airs and graces,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...halted by the brook : And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping • Came towards her hobbling,...Snail-paced in a hurry, Parrot-voiced and whistler, Helter skelter, hurry skurry, Chattering like magpies, Fluttering like pigeons, Gliding like fishes,... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1887 - 270 pages
...come to meet her, laughing with fiendish glee. She has come at last —they knew she would, so they Came towards her hobbling, Flying, running, leaping,...gobbling, Mopping and mowing, Full of airs and graces. And pressing round her they caressed her, and stretched up their dishes piled with fruit, as luscious... | |
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