 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,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 29by John Milton - 1886 - 581 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...hath thresh'd 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...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep.... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...shadowy flail had 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,...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, , Where... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...pinch'd and pull'd, she said. And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the'drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere...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 men, Where... | |
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...MAB the junkets eat, She was pinch 'tl and pu-ll'd, she said, Tells how the drudging Goblin swot, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. O Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...shadowy flail has 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....first cock his matin rings. , Thus done the tales, to hed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the husy... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...flail has 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...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the husy hum of men; Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rcrs could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they crer p, Bv whisp'iihg, winds soon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please us then, And the busy hum of... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...sweat To earn his cream-bowl, duly set, When, in one night, ere glimpse of mom., His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not...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... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...shadowy flail hath 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,...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 men, Where... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 110 And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 JBy whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. __.._„ -___---,-._ - -. -I-, . T 110. The lubbar-fiend... | |
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