 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 Works of the English Poets: Milton - Sida 102efter Samuel Johnson - 1779Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 sidor
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, cropful, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 sidor
...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, 115 By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. In the old Moralities, it was customary to introduce the devil... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 sidor
...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 us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 sidor
...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 whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. In the old Moralities, it was customary to introduce the devil... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sidor
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. And crop full out of doors he flings, Ere the first ost humily I take my leve of hire. And she gon hie After hem By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | 1826 - 310 sidor
...leftgth, 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 us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...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 us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 sidor
...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, us By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. no lubber] ' There is a pretty tale of a witch that had... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 sidor
...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, ns By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. no lubber] ' There is a pretty tale of a witch that had... | |
 | 1840 - 372 sidor
...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. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
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