In the weaver’s croft shall grow!

“‘Oh, the poor, lame weaver,

How he will laugh outright,

When he sees his dwindling flax-field

All full of flowers by night!’

“And then upspoke a brownie,

With a long beard on his chin—

‘I have spun up all the tow,’ said he,

‘And I want some more to spin.

“‘I’ve spun a piece of hempen cloth,