 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pagine
...flail hath 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,...to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons... | |
 | Edward Copleston, William James Copleston - 1851 - 374 pagine
...earn his cream-bowl duly set ; When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 pagine
...to her son, that was called Lob-lye-by-tke-fire.' Knight of the B. Pestle, act iii. sc. 1. War-ton. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, w By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pagine
...When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the com, That ten day-laborers @ * doore he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pagine
...threshed the com, 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...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights, and... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagine
...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...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pagine
...Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire bis hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings,...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights nnd... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 64 pagine
...flail hath 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,...they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. L ALLEGRO. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons... | |
 | 1855 - 540 pagine
...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 all the chimney's length,...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pagine
...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...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
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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. 
