 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 Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 205by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | 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 ;...A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, in his NympbiJia : " He meeteth Puck, which moft men call " Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. " This Puck (feems... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...a feat , How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd and pull'd , she said , And he by friar's lanthorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat...one night , ere glimpse of morn , His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day- labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend ,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...shall have good luck : s Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck, Tou do their work,"] To those traditionary opinions Milton has reference in L' Allegro:...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."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...L 'Allegro: " Then to the spicy nut-brown ale, " With stories told of many a feat, " How fairy Mat) the junkets eat; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she...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."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...you, nr.d sweet Puck, Ton do their wont,] To those traditionary opinions Milton has reference in V Allegro: " Then to the spicy nut-brown ale, " With...night, ere glimpse of morn, " His shadowy flail hath thrcsh'd the corn, " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...How Fairy Mab the junkets eat j fclie was pincht, and pull'd, she said, And he by friars' Ian thorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn...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 lubbar fiend, And stretch... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...feat, How fairy Mab the junkets oat; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said; And he, by friar's lantern led: Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat; She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led ; Tells how the drudging goblin sweat,...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's Ian thorn led ; .r Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail has thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end : Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat : She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said ; And be, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn...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,... | |
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