 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 Milton - 1834Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could 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 whisp'ring... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd, she scd; And, he, by friars lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, 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 lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd, she sed; And, he, by friars lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, 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 lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...frier's lanthorn led ; Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, ' When When in one night ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy...thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end j Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lays 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. Mr. M. seems, indeed, to have a turn for this species... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...waspinch'd, andpull'd, shesed, And by the friar's lanthorn led; Toils how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh d the c rn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend. And slretch'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lulib.iv fiend, And, stretch'dout all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, F.re the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon... | |
 | William Collins - 1811 - 162 pages
...flail had thrash'd the corn. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks...his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors be flings, E'er the first cock his matin rings. L'AUtgro. 4 When the menials in a Scottish family protracted... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend, ' Arijjjstretch'd out all the chimneys length, ' Basks at the fire his hairy strength, '...crop-full out of doors he flings, ' Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And lie, by friar*s lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, 105 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...daylab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend, 110 And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Masks at the fire his hairy strength... | |
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