 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
 | Washington Irving - 1845 - 412 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber4 fiend, And, stretched 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 matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...flail had thrash'd the com, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...cropfull, 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... | |
 | Samuel Bamford, W. H. Chaloner - 1967 - 602 pages
...had thrash 'd the corn Which ten day labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend ; And, stretch'd out, all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire, his hairy strength ; And cropful, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin sings." By the side of the house, and... | |
 | 1860 - 48 pages
...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...crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." Finally, both Eitson and William Howitt, not to mention testimony between Milton's time... | |
 | 442 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 even 'gainst... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 1134 pages
...thresrTd 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 door he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But beside these household Dobbies, there are others... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...threshed the corn That ten day-laborers could not end: Then lies him down the lubber fend. And stretched matin rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 pages
...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...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... | |
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