 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 Antiquary - Page 229edited by - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...oould not end ; Then lice 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 cook his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar 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 matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities... | |
 | English philology - 1908 - 422 pages
...prolongeaient leurs niches . . . Erinnert sei auch an Milton's dienstbaren geist Gobiin (L'Allegro): And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Es läfst sich auch ein gedieht aus der zeitschr. „Niedersachsen" vom 1. Juli 1900 anreihen,... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fend, 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 matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities... | |
 | Arthur McGee - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 230 pages
...of the superstition: 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 out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his mattin rings. The Christian symbolism of the cock is underlined as Marcellus goes on: Some say that... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...day-laborers could not end: Then lies him down the lubber fend. And stretched out all the chimney's length. . . 0 rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...could not end; Then lies him down the Lubber Fiend, no And, 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, 1 1 5 By whispering Winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend.0 no And stretched out all the chimney's length,0 Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings,0 Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
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