In the weaver's croft shall grow.

"'Oh! the poor, lame weaver,

How will he laugh outright

When he sees his dwindling flax-field

All full of flowers by night!'

"And then outspoke 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,