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
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 sivua
...hath thresh'd the com, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fíend, ach alley has a brother. And half the platform just doore he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, lo bed they creep, By whispering... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 sivua
...shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar n Boon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 sivua
...flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; 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. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sivua
...fiend, And, strctch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful led) Till I espied thee, fair indeed and tall, Under...methought less fuir, Less winning soft, less amiably Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 sivua
...shadowy flail had thrash'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...to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and baroni... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 sivua
...flail had thrash '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...to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sivua
...shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length...to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 sivua
...shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulfd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 sivua
...shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulFd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sivua
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length n<inksi at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out...tales. to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulfd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
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