 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...  Allegro und Penseroso - Page 14by John Milton - 1782 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...tlail 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 airy strength; And, crop-full, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.' L'Allegro.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...had thresh'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, cropful, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...crop-full out of 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. In... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of 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. In the... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 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...crop-full out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...55 The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due> Mirth, admit me of thy crew, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rir.gs. To live with her, and live wiih thee, Thus done the talcs, to bed they creep. 119 In... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, l sayn, in all this world ther n'as. Tiie crop full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...corn " That ten day labourers could not end : " Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, " And stretched 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." L" ALLEGRO. From the cascade... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1824 - 420 pages
...corn ' That ten day labourers could not end: ' Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, " And stretched 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." L'ALLEGRO. From the cascade... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...the corn, That ten day labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. l. St. Aloisius C. St. Ralph Bp. and ( St. Meen A. St. Aaron A. St. Eusebius Bj and Martyr. St. Leufridus... | |
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