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" When 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, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full... "
The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various ... - Page 336
by Thomas Keightley - 1850 - 560 pages
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 1

Thomas Warton - Criticism, Textual - 1762 - 264 pages
...&c Then lies him down the LUBBAR-J-IIND : >»'• And ftretcht out all the chimney's length, Bafkes at the fire his hairy Strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, E'er the lirfi cock his mattin rings. The Golilin is Shakefpeare's Robin GoudfclIvw, and the tradition...
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Allegro und Penseroso

John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...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 length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full...
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Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the ...

John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of moro His fhadowy flail hath threfli'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length., Bafks at the fife his hairy ftrength; And crop-full out of...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...tire corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And streteh' d out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And erop-full out of doors he flings, ,,.'..' Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales,...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 582 pages
...creara-bo'.vl duly fet, " When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, " His ihadowy flail hath threm'd the corn " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, in his NympbiJia : " He meeteth Puck, which moft men call...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 3

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1794 - 428 pages
...jet ; " When in one niglit ere gjimpje of morne, " His jkadtwy flail hatb tbrejh'd the corn " T/;at ten day-labourers could not end~, " Then lies him down the lubber fiend, " And jlretcKdout all the chimneys length, " Bajht at the fire his hairy jtrength, " And crop-full out of...
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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
...shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down die lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...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. Towered cities please...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 22

John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 1124 pages
...cream-bowl duly set, When iu one night, 'ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend. And strctch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire bis hairy strength ; And cruplul out of door...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...duly set, When in one night ere glimpse of morn • His shadowy Jlail had thresh' d the corn Which ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubber fiend. A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, He meeteth Puck, which most men call Hobgoblin, and on...
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