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
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...flail hath thresh'd the com, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, iev'd ? Great acts require great means of enterprise;...unknown, unfriended, low of birth, A carpenter thy matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend. matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep. By whispering winds Boon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
| John Milton - 1849 - 838 Seiten
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| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 Seiten
...Milton seems to have been indebted for his " drudging Goblin :" — • " the lunbar-fiemi, ' Who' probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his le But the most common tradition with regard to the Brownie is, that, in point of size, he was similar... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 Seiten
...fiend, And, stretch'dout all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; L ALLEGRO. And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 Seiten
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar 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. Tower'd... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...the corn, That ten dny-lab'rers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, strctch'd ll'd Mother of human race.' What could I do, But follow straight, invisi cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
| William James Linton - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down, the lubber fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." In Scotland, as well as England,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 Seiten
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tower'd... | |
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