 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pagine
...thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, 1 10 And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 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...Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the talcs, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pagine
...set ; When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn. MILTON. He, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. MILTON. About this spring, if ancient bards say true, The dapper elves their moonlight sports renew;... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pagine
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fend, 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... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 394 pagine
...ere glimpse of morne, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end 5 Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." ' The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies ' to a kind of system,... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pagine
...hath thresh'd the Corn That ten day-laborers could not end; Then lies him down the Lubber Fiend, no And, stretch'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks...Matin rings. Thus done the Tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whispering Winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red Cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 pagine
...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...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. 
