 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, cropfull, 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 cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...length, Basks 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, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Zf». And, 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 cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 154 pages
...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. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 10 V There let Hymen oft appear .. In saffron robe, with taper... | |
 | English fiction - 1848 - 588 pages
...length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled to sleep." Writing of the popular belief, at a still later period, —... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...length, Basks 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, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first res might me move To live with thee, and be thy love. Time drive whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, W:here... | |
 | 1850 - 498 pages
...length, Basks at ilie tir.- hi- 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, By whiup'rtng wind« won lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then ; And the busy hum of men, \V!i... | |
 | Religion - 1850 - 454 pages
...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. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon luIPd asleep. Tower M cities please us then ; And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...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. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
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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... 
