 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 - Page 14by John Milton - 1782 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...hath thresh'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...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 464 pages
...him down the lubber fiend ; And, stretch'd out at the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his airy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.' V Allegro. ' Then wake, (for well thou canst,) that wondrous lay, How, while around the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, rtretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire liis destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the wo matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...flail had thresh'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...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils wound the kitchen fire, Brownie,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 pages
...flail had thresh'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...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. * It is told of a Brownie, who haunted a Border family, now extinct, that the lady having... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 pages
...flail had thresh'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...And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first eock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers 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 whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...flail hath thresh'd the corn, Then lies him down theJubbar-fiend, That ten day-laborers could not end ; And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of d<jors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 416 pages
...flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And 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." But beside these household Dobbies, there are others... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 418 pages
...the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And 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." But beside these household Dobbies, there are others... | |
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