 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 - Seite 14von John Milton - 1782 - 31 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 Seiten
...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...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. Tower'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...the corn, That ten dny-lab'rers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, strctch'd ll'd Mother of human race.' What could I do, But follow straight, invisi cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...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 doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." In Scotland, as well as England,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 Seiten
...flail had thrash'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 at...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 to sleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 Seiten
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at...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 lulFd to sleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 Seiten
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at...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 lulfd to sleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 Seiten
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at...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 to sleep. Tower'd... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 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...crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." 2. " But oh ! how altered was its sprightlier tone, When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 Seiten
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length n<inksi at the fire his hairy strength ; And 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 lulfd to sleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 Seiten
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Dusks at the fire his hairy strength ; And 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 lulFd to sleep. Tower'd... | |
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