When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full... Allegro und Penseroso - Seite 14von John Milton - 1782 - 31 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lulib.iv fiend, And, stretch'dout all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, F.re the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 Seiten
...thrcsh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, j\nd, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Mr. M. seems indeed to have a turn for this species... | |
| William Collins - 1811 - 162 Seiten
...flail had thrash'd the corn. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks...his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors be flings, E'er the first cock his matin rings. L'AUtgro. 4 When the menials in a Scottish family protracted... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1812 - 456 Seiten
...day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend, ' Arijjjstretch'd out all the chimneys length, ' Basks at the fire his hairy strength, '...crop-full out of doors he flings, ' Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies to... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 706 Seiten
...ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And cropful out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his in.iri.iu ring*. That his Majesty is not in... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 Seiten
...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 1 10 And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 110.... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 Seiten
...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 110 And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 JBy whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. __.._„... | |
| 1814 - 580 Seiten
...below, it tiptoes down into the kitchea and beholds where LIPS him down the lubber fiend, And stretcli'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Presently the whole band of fairies, ancient and modern— the daemons, sylphs, gnomes, sprites, elves,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red... | |
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