 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,...  Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes - Sivu 177tekijä(t) John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1806 - 408 sivua
...mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeda of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes .Rain influence, and judge... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 sivua
...thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rcrs could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his...his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they crer p, Bv whisp'iihg, winds soon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please us then, And the busy hum of... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sivua
...fiend, And strech'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And cropful nut of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings....they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 sivua
...day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And stretch d out all the chimney's leagth. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By wliisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 sivua
...shadowy flail had 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,...the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 sivua
...shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end j Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 sivua
...at the lire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By...Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Whore throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of ueaee. hizh trinmnh hold. Talesque visiis, qno«... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 sivua
...shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door be flings, Ere the first cock his matiu rings. Mr. M. seems indeed to have a turn for this species... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 sivua
...shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lays him down the lubber 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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