 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,...  Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes - Seite 177von John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...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. Tims done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 Seiten
...that was called Lob-lye-by-the-Jlre.' Knight of the B. Pestle, act iii. sc. 1. Warton. VOL. III. L Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full...he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus clone the tales, to bed they creep, 113 By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 Seiten
...shadowy 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,...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." L' 'AHegro. When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around the kitchen fire,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 Seiten
...Then lies him down the lubbur tiend. And.stn-trli'd out all the c.liimney'a length Banks at the tire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings. Ere the first cock his matin rings.'r L'Allefro. When the meninls in a Scottish family protracted their vigile around tlif kitchen... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 Seiten
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, no And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, us By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. no lubber] ' There is a pretty tale of a witch that had... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 Seiten
...shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn, Then ten day-lah'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But, notwithstanding the fancied services of this frolic loving elf, it appears from the following... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...corn, Then ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out nil the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy...doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But, notwithstanding the fancied services of this frolic loving elf, it appears from the following... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 Seiten
...shadowy flale 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,...the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of dores he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring... | |
 | 1837 - 538 Seiten
...the corn, That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lies him down (lie lubbar fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full, out of door he flings Kre the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the talus, to 1к"1 they creep, By whispering... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 Seiten
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, no And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, us By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. no lubber] ' There is a pretty tale of a witch that had... | |
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