 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 sivua
...stretch'd 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 matin 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... | |
 | Thomas Green - 1810 - 262 sivua
...admirable adaptation to express the first effect upon the ear, of a scene, however late the hour, " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds...peace, high triumphs hold ; With store of Ladies"— . The busy bee may close his labours with the day : but Man, intent on pleasure, holds another languageRigour... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1810 - 730 sivua
...long abused. From these rustic fictions we are transporter! to another species of hum, Tewcr'd citiei please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds «f peace high triumphs hold, "With nan tflaJitt, whose bright eyes Rain infuaste, and judge the prize... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 sivua
...stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Masks 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, 115 By whispering winds soon lullVl asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 sivua
...stretch'd 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 matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 JBy whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. __.._„ -___---,-._ - -. -I-, . T 110. The lubbar-fiend... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 sivua
...stretch'd 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 matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. 110. The lubbar-fiend would seem clearly to ~be referable... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 sivua
...Thestylis to bind the sheaves ; Or, if the earlier season lead, To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold ; ^ With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit... | |
 | Jane West - 1814 - 378 sivua
...privacy of her father's castle, rather than in the presence of so many aspiring rivals. CHAP. VII. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of lidies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sivua
...stretch'd 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 matin 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 nun, Where... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sivua
...all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of door he (lings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the...they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men ; Where throngs of knights and barons bold In... | |
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When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy 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, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full... 
