 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 Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 292by John Mitford - 1834Full view - About this book
 | 1846
...mo." The Wife of Bathe's Tale. \ " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl, diify set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end." Milton, Г Allegro. which are nothing else but dead grass and straws... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1846
...pinched, and pulled, she said, And he by friars' lanthorn 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 hath threshed the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 300 pages
...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...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE on THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 60 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging Goblin swet To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...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 out... | |
 | Elocution - 1848 - 300 pages
...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...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | English fiction - 1848
...has thrash'd the corn, That ten day labourers would not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | William Russell - 1849
...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...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 395 pages
...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...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mntin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850
...pinch'd, and pull'd, 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,...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851
...flail had threshed the corn That ten day laborers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-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." » But beside these household Dobbies, there are... | |
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