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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... "
The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal - Page 230
1871
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Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the ...

Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thrash'd the corn That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber-fiend, And stretch'd out all...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...
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The Gem book of poesie, by the author of 'The ancient poets and poetry of ...

Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...flail had thrash'd 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 ; And, cropfull, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 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. Thus done the tales, to bed...
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Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of ...

Elocution - 1847 - 312 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, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE on THE...
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L'Allegro and Il Penseroso

John Milton - 1848 - 154 pages
...flail 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 bed...
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Hood's Magazine, Volume 10

English fiction - 1848 - 588 pages
...has thrash'd the corn, That ten day labourers would 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 door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to...
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Bracebridge Hall, or the humorists

Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 508 pages
...When in one night, ere glimpse of mom. His shadowy flail had threshed the corn That ten day laborers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length Baske at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full, out of door he flings Ere the first cock his matin...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 2

Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...flale hath thresh'd the com That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lays 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." The following on the same...
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Bracebridge Hall: Or, The Humorists. A Medley

Washington Irving - 1849 - 496 pages
...When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had threshed the corn That ten day laborers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretch'd out all th« chimney's length Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full, out of door he flings Ere...
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The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...his cream bowl duly set, When in one night ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had threshed 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...
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