 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...  Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle - Seite 4061814Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Paul Everett - 1996 - 122 Seiten
...holiday revels at harvest-time, f Lines 110-12: 'Then lies him down the lubber fiend, / And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, / Basks at the fire his hairy strength'. According to the old superstition implicit in Milton's words,6 one is doomed to failure in love unless... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 Seiten
...the Corn That ten day-laborers could not end; Then lies him down the Lubber Fiend, no And, stretch'd 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. Thus done the Tales, to bed... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 Seiten
...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 out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
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