 | 1814 - 580 pages
...below, it tiptoes down into the kitchea and beholds where LIPS him down the lubber fiend, And stretcli'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Presently the whole band of fairies, ancient and modern— the daemons, sylphs, gnomes, sprites, elves,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...hath 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 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...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, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...flail had thresh'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 at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. * It is... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...flail had thresh'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 at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...flail had thresh'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 at the fire his hairy strength; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first eock his mattin rings. L' Allegro. When the menials... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 416 pages
...his cream-bowl duly set. When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 418 pages
...his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy 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 at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full, out of... | |
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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... 
