That they had let him in;

To see him grow so monstrous now,

That came so small and thin.

On every brow a dewdrop stood,

They grew so scared and hot,—

"I' the name of all that's great and tall,

Who are ye, sir, and what?"

Loud laughed the Gogmagog, a laugh

As loud as giant's roar—

"When first I came, my proper name