 | 1846 - 436 páginas
...the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | 1847 - 312 páginas
...the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE on THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | 1847 - 438 páginas
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimneys length, Bask at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will observe, that our simple ancestors bad reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 páginas
...lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Zf». And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first...busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold,>N In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 154 páginas
...shadowy flail 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,...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 10 V There let Hymen oft appear .. In saffron robe, with taper... | |
 | William Collins - 1848 - 156 páginas
...corn, That ten dny-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down ihe lubber fiend, And, stretch'd ont all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. L'Al.I.cORO. ' When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around the kitchen fire,... | |
 | 1848 - 310 páginas
...the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | 1848 - 588 páginas
...flail has thrash'd the corn, That ten day labourers would not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 páginas
...flale hath thresh'd the com That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubbar-fiend. And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." The following on the same subject is from the Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 páginas
...the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FKOM THE ODE ON THE PASSIOHS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
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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,... 
