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... The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors - Sivu 259 tekijä(t) Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 Koko teos -
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