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, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full,... Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines - 277 ページ 編集 - 1810全文表示 - この書籍について
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 ページ
...Milton seems to have been indebted for his " drudging Goblin :" — • " the lunbar-fiemi, ' Who' probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his le But the most common tradition with regard to the Brownie is, that, in point of size, he was similar... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 ページ
...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,...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... | |
| William James Linton - 1844 - 340 ページ
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays 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 matin rings." In Scotland, as well as England,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 ページ
...the corn, That ten dny-lab'rers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And, strctch'd ll'd Mother of human race.' What could I do, But follow straight, invisi cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they... | |
| Washington Irving - 1845 - 412 ページ
...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, Basks...door he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. But beside these household Dobbies, there are others of a more gloomy and unsocial nature, that keep... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 ページ
...of morn, His 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 ページ
...glimpse of morn, His 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 ページ
...glimpse of morn, His 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 ページ
...glimpse of morn, His 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...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... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 ページ
...the corn, That ten day-laborers 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, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." 2. " But oh ! how altered was its sprightlier... | |
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