65-66). .

             Laura does not heed her sister's warning, but rather satisfies herself with the Goblin men, and consequently, her senses dry up and she quickly withers. Rossetti writes that Laura could no longer her the Goblin men and "turned as cold as stone" (ln. 253), and she wonders if she has "Gone deaf and blind?" (ln 259). Rossetti does not reward Laura for her sumptuous deeds that took place at the Goblin Market. Laura's life and youth must be relinquished, because her curiosity led her to abuse her physical senses. This is exposed through Rossetti's repetition of verbs as Laura feeds upon the fruit of the Goblin men, "She sucked and sucked and sucked the more.She sucked until her lips were sore" (ln. 134,136). .

             Through sound and sight, the Goblin men lead the sisters to involve their sensory perceptions of taste, touch, and smell. The Goblin men invite Laura and Lizzie to partake in the physical realm and Rossetti's imagery insinuates the hedonistic value of their indulgent pleasures. The reader is inundated by the "Come buy" phrase that becomes the signature phrase of the Goblin men. Rossetti goes to elaborate visual lengths to describe the animalistic creatures that entice the young Laura. After the sisters decide to engage with the Goblin's, Lizzie is besieged physically by the Goblins and Laura's sense of smell and taste are enriched directly following her occurrence with the men. Through these examples, it is proven that Goblin men are directly correlated with the world of perception and senses, and that the two sisters cannot comply because it will lead to their ruin.

             With the phrase "Come buy", the sisters are lured into the goblins world and their procurements. The poem opens with the familiar phrase of "Come buy" (ln. 3), and it is repeated eighteen additional times in the 567 line poem. The phrase when read aloud could also indicate that the Goblins want the maids to "come by" their haunts.