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" 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... "
The Beauties of English Poetry - Page 53
by Peter Pindar - 1804
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale hath threfh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Baiks at the fire his hairy ftrength,...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, Kis fhadowy flale had thrafh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, And ftretch'd out all tlu. chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And,...
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Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And ...

Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flail hath threm'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length,. Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of...
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Allegro und Penseroso

John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...hellschimmernder Stern. i3 Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, io5 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, Wheu in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, no And stretch'd out all the chimney's...
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...you into madncfs ? • When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, • His fhadowy flale hath threfh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, I lo And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...And he by frier's Janthorn led -,...' Tells how the drudging goblin swet, 105 To earn his eream-bpwl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd tire corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1

George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flail hath threfh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrengtb, And...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 3

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 488 pages
...earn his cream-bowl duly let, When in one night, ere glimpfe of mom, His fludowy flail hath threfh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And ftretch d out all the chimney's length, Bai ks a the fire bis hairy ftrength, And...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...she said; And he, by friar's-lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down die lubbar fiend, And...
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The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ...

Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...earn his cream- bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flail hath tnrefh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And...
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