 | Edward Copleston, William James Copleston - 1851 - 438 páginas
...the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 296 APPENDIX. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Mr. AT. seems indeed to have a turn for this species... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 páginas
...stretched 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. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 páginas
...to her son, that was called Lob-lye-by-tke-fire.' Knight of the B. Pestle, act iii. sc. 1. War-ton. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, w By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 páginas
...day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney length, Basks 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 had reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 páginas
...hath thresh'd the Corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the Lubbar Fend, no And stretch'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks...the fire his hairy strength; And Crop-full out of dores he flings, Ere the first Cock his Mattin rings. Thus don the Tales, to bed they creep, 115 By... | |
 | 1909 - 502 páginas
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fend, 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... | |
 | Heinrich Mutschmann - 1924 - 80 páginas
...laden with corn and saltfish" (Goldsmid's reprint, 3, p. 70). LXXI. A Russian Triumph. 117 Towered, cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, 120 In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and... | |
 | 1860 - 48 páginas
...threshed 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." Finally, both Eitson and William Howitt, not to mention testimony between Milton's time and ours, assure... | |
 | 442 páginas
...hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end. Then lies him down, the lubbar fend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of dores he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings, ' is a matter of some difficulty. Perhaps the... | |
 | Arthur McGee - 1987 - 230 páginas
...L'Allegro, shows that he knew of the superstition: Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. The Christian symbolism of the cock is underlined as Marcellus goes on: Some say that... | |
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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,... 
