...thrcsh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, j\nd, 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. Mr. M. seems indeed to have a turn for this species...

...flail had thrash'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...his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors be flings, E'er the first cock his matin rings. L'AUtgro. 4 When the menials in a Scottish family protracted...

...day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend, ' Arijjjstretch'd out all the chimneys length, ' Basks at the fire his hairy strength, '...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...

...ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; And stretch'd 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 in.iri.iu ring*. That his Majesty is not in...

...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 1 10 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, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 110....

...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 110 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, 115 JBy whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. __.._„...

...below, it tiptoes down into the kitchea and beholds where LIPS him down the lubber fiend, And stretcli'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Presently the whole band of fairies, ancient and modern— the daemons, sylphs, gnomes, sprites, elves,...

...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, 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. Tow'red...

...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 (lings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering...

...seems to have been indebted for his " drudging Goblin :" — " the lubbar-fiend, ' Who ' stretch' 'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength." But the most common tradition with regard to the Brownie is, that, in point of size, he was similar...