 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...hellschimmernder Stern. i3 Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, io5 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, Wheu in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, no And stretch'd out... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...And he by frier's Janthorn led -,...' Tells how the drudging goblin swet, 105 To earn his eream-bpwl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd tire corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | British periodicals - 1810 - 700 pages
...How fairy Mab the junkets tat; She was pinch'd, and (jull'J, she said ; And he, by friar'* lanthcrn led : Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn...one night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail had threth'd the corn .That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then Uys him down the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...she said; And he, by friar's-lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down die lubbar fiend, And... | |
 | Walter Whiter - 1800 - 614 pages
...of Etymology, as a fountain or a palm tree in the deserts. " Tells how the drudging GOBLIN swet, " To earn his cream-bowl duly set, " When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, " His shadowy flalc hath thresh'd the corn, " That ten day lab'rcrs could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubbar... | |
 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 402 pages
...an innocent little being, answering in every thing but size, to Milton's " drudging goblin," who " sweat. To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, Which ten day-Iab'rers could not end." 64 ' The presence of the Brownie was... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin swet To earn nis cream-bowl duly set, '. "; i . When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the cor That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies h'nti'down tire hlbbar fiend, And, stretch' d oilt... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd and pull'd , she said , And he by friar's lanthorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat To earn...one night , ere glimpse of morn , His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day- labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend ,... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...faery MAB the junkets eat, She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said. Tells how the'drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...glimpse of morn, His shadowy 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... | |
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...faery 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,...glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; «• Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd... | |
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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... 
