 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...  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page 4by John Milton - 1900 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 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...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of nun, Where... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...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 at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of door he (lings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...seems to have been indebted for his " drudging Goblin :" — " the lubbar-fiend, ' Who ' stretch' 'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength." But the most common tradition with regard to the Brownie is, that, in point of size, he was similar... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...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...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 464 pages
...him down the lubber fiend ; And, stretch'd out at the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his airy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.' V Allegro. ' Then wake, (for well thou canst,) that wondrous lay, How, while around the thoughtless... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, rtretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire liis destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers of...of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 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...crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils wound the kitchen... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 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...crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. * It is told of a Brownie, who haunted a Border family, now extinct, that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 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...And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first eock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
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