 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...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...strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...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...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. L ALLEGRO. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon Inll'd asleep. Tower'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...fiend, And, strctch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful hepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me...love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, W:here throngs of knights and barons bold,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mntin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered... | |
 | Religion - 1850 - 454 pages
...lubbar-fiend, And stretch 'd ont 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. 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... | |
 | 1850 - 498 pages
...And stn-tch'd out all the chimney'« 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 510 pages
...flail had threshed the corn That ten day laborers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretch'd 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." » But beside these household Dobbies, there are... | |
 | Edward Copleston, William James Copleston - Bishops - 1851 - 374 pages
...flail 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,...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 - 1851 - 600 pages
...flail 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...the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of door he flings. Ere the first cock his matin rings. " — ( l.'JJIegro.) ' SCENE II. — " Itt met... | |
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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,... 
