 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...Milton seems to have been indebted for his " drudging Goblin :" — • " the lunbar-fiemi, ' Who' probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his le But the most common tradition with regard to the Brownie is, that, in point of size, he was similar... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...hath thresh'd 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 hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays 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 doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." In Scotland, as well as... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...the corn, That ten dny-lab'rers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, strctch'd ll'd Mother of human race.' What could I do, But follow straight, ; And cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1845 - 412 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...flail had thrash'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 bed... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers 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... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...the corn, That ten day-laborers 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 doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." 2. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber4 fiend, And, stretched 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... | |
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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... 
