 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, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And cropfull out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus...  Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People - Page 69by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1821 - 190 lehteFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1759 - 420 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale hath threfli'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And flretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength,... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale hath threfh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Baiks at the fire his hairy ftrength,... | |
 | John Milton - 1765 - 412 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale hath threfli'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And itretch'd out all the chimney's length, Baflcs at the fire his hairy ftrength,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale had thrafh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbard fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And,... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 lehte
...into madncfs ? -v— •4 When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, • His fhadowy flak hath threfli'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, I ro And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength,... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 lehte
...eream-bpwl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flal e hath thresh'd tire corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength,... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 492 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly let, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flail hath threfh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks a the fire his hairy ftrength, And... | |
 | George Ellis - 1790 - 346 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flail hath threfii'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Balks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And... | |
 | 1792 - 744 lehte
...earn his cream-bowl duly fet, When in one night, e'er glimpfe of morn, His fhadowy flale hath threlh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Balks at the fire his hairy ftrcngth, And... | |
 | Walter Whiter - 1800 - 614 lehte
...flalc hath thresh'd the corn, " That ten day lab'rcrs could not end; " Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, " And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...he flings, " Ere the first cock his matin rings." The CROP-FULL spirit is the GosLm under, the same Elementary form, containing a similar idea. (See... | |
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