 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...  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page 6by John Milton - 1900 - 140 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...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 out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
 | John Bell - 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,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...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, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | Walter Whiter - 1800 - 614 pages
...corn, " That ten day lab'rcrs could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, " And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, " Basks at the fire his hairy strength, " And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, " Ere the first cock his matin rings." The CROP-FULL spirit is the... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pages
...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 at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. O Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pages
...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 at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...thrash'd the com That ten day-lah'rers could not end; Then lies him down the luhher fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. , Thus done the tales, to hed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...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 at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, fur the first cock his matin rings. L'Allegra. recompence. On the... | |
 | Thomas Tomkins - 1806 - 338 pages
...thresh'd the com 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 at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...thrash'd the corn That ten day-1. h'rers could not end; Then lays him down the lobber (lend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
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