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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... "
Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and ... - Page 79
by William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 672 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...no And streteh' d out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And erop-full out of doors he flings, ,,.'..' Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they ereep, Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down die lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...flail has thrash'd the com That ten day-lah'rers could not end; Then lies him down the luhher fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. , Thus done the tales, to hed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 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...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. O Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please...
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Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1

Thomas Tomkins - English literature - 1806 - 348 pages
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...flail has thrash'd the corn That ten day-1. h'rers could not end; Then lays him down the lobber (lend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the lubbar fiend, And stretch 'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength j And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rcrs could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they crer p, Bv whisp'iihg, winds soon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end j Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please...
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