 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
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...the corn, Then lies him down theJubbar-fiend, That ten day-laborers could not end ; And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of d<jors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 418 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 flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But beside these household Dobbies, there are others... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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 hairy strength, And, cropful, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...the corn That ten day-labourers 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 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...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. In the old Moralities, it was customary to introduce the devil... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. In the old Moralities, it was customary to introduce the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due> Mirth, admit me of thy crew, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rir.gs. To live with her, and live wiih thee, Thus done the talcs, to bed they creep. 119 In unreproved... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 420 pages
...thrashed the corn ' That ten day labourers could not end: ' Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, " And stretched 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." L'ALLEGRO. From the cascade... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...thrashed the corn " That ten day labourers could not end : " Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, " And stretched 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." L" ALLEGRO. From the cascade... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...hath threshed the corn, That ten day labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. l. St. Aloisius C. St. Ralph Bp. and ( St. Meen A. St. Aaron A. St. Eusebius Bj and Martyr. St. Leufridus... | |
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