 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers 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 matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
 | 1841 - 884 pages
...flail had thrashed the com 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 ; But crop full out of doors he flmgs, When the first cock his matin rings." We find, also, Puck, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, 110 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... | |
 | Joseph Snowe - Folklore - 1839 - 560 pages
...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 j And crop full out at door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." L'Allegro. Shakspeare has... | |
 | William Bennet (poet.) - 1840 - 278 pages
...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 out of door be flings. Ere the first cock his matin rings." Sir Walter Scott says, "... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...hath thresh'd the com, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fíend, ach alley has a brother. And half the platform just ; And crop-full out of doore he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, lo... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...flale hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-lah'rers could not end; Then lays him down the luhhar-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 following on the same... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend. ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...flail hath thresh'd the com, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, iev'd ? Great acts require great means of enterprise; Thou art unknown, unfriende ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to... | |
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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... 
