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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,... "
Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes - Page 177
by John Milton - 1853
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeda of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes .Rain influence, and judge...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rcrs could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they crer p, Bv whisp'iihg, winds soon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please us then, And the busy hum of...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...fiend, And strech'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And cropful nut of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings....they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And stretch d out all the chimney's leagth. Basks at the fire 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 wliisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...shadowy flail had 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,...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 whisp'ring...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end j Then lies him down the lubbar 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. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...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...Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Whore throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of ueaee. hizh trinmnh hold. Talesque visiis, qno«...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...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...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 9

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pages
...shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door be flings, Ere the first cock his matiu rings. Mr. M. seems indeed to have a turn for this species...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...the fire his hairy strength ; And crop- full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mat i in rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By...whispering winds soon lull'd asleep, Tower*d cities please ns then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high...
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