 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...  Putnam's Monthly - Página 61Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1847 - 312 páginas
...of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all...length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full, out of doors he flings, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE on THE PASSIONS.]... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 páginas
...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, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please... | |
 | Samuel Bamford, W. H. Chaloner - 1967 - 602 páginas
...corn Which 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 cropful, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin sings." By the side of the house, and... | |
 | 1860 - 48 páginas
...glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail had threshed the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretched out all the...length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." Finally, both Eitson and William... | |
 | 442 páginas
...the corn That ten day-labourers could not end. Then lies him down, the lubbar fend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of dores he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings, ' is a matter of some difficulty.... | |
 | Arthur McGee - 1987 - 230 páginas
...black-brow'd night (3.3.380-7) Milton also, in L'Allegro, shows that he knew 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 1134 páginas
...flail had thresrTd 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 door he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But beside these household Dobbies,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 páginas
...flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-laborers could not end: Then lies him down the lubber fend. .` 0 crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 Lap me in soft... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 páginas
...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, Basks at 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... | |
 | Paul Everett - 1996 - 122 páginas
...holiday revels at harvest-time, f Lines 110-12: 'Then lies him down the lubber fiend, / And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, / Basks at the fire his hairy strength'. According to the old superstition implicit in Milton's words,6 one is doomed to failure in love unless... | |
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