 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...  Folklore - Page 283redigeeritud poolt - 1891Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 lehte
...fiend, And, strctch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful Thus done the talcs, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 lehte
...labourers 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 crop-full...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 lehte
...labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, 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 mntin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered... | |
 | 1850 - 498 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 454 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 362 lehte
...could not end ; Then lies him down the luhher fiend, And stn-tchM out all the chimneys length, IIasks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he rtings, Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will ohserve that our simple ancestors had... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 lehte
...day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matins rings/' The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 lehte
...out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; m L.ALLEGRO. An!, 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 lehte
...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 hairy strength, And crop-full...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 lehte
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar5 fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full...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... | |
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