 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1810 - 874 pages
...thrcsh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, j\nd, 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. Mr. M. seems indeed to have a turn for this species... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, JBasks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...Then lies him down the lubbar fiend. And slretch'd out all the chimney's length, l'ij ! -' at the lire his hairy strength ; 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. Tower'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the c rn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out :i 1 1 the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop- full out of doors he... | |
 | William Collins - 1811 - 162 pages
...When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend...his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors be flings, E'er the first cock his matin rings. L'AUtgro. 4 When the menials in a Scottish family protracted... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend, ' Arijjjstretch'd out all the chimneys length, ' Basks at the fire his hairy strength, '...crop-full out of doors he flings, ' Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 706 pages
...ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; And stretch'd 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 in.iri.iu ring*. That his Majesty is not in... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 110 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, 115 JBy whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. __.._„ -___---,-._... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...character in that play. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, 1 10 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, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 110. The lubbar-fiend... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Masks 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 they creep, 115 By whispering winds soon lullVl asleep. Tow'red cities... | |
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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... 
