 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...  Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx - Side 280af Sir John Rhys - 1901 - 718 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1847 - 438 sider
...could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimneys length, Bask at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will observe, that our simple ancestors bad reduced all these whimsies to... | |
 | 1847 - 312 sider
...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, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE on THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 154 sider
...day-lab'rers 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...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. 10 V There let Hymen... | |
 | William Collins - 1848 - 156 sider
...dny-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down ihe lubber fiend, And, stretch'd ont all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And, crop-full,...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. L'Al.I.cORO. ' When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around the kitchen fire,... | |
 | William Collins - 1848 - 158 sider
...Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire Ms hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. L'ALLEGRO. ' When the menials in a Scottish family protracted their vigils around the kitchen fire,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 sider
...lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; Zf». 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... | |
 | 1848 - 310 sider
...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, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 sider
...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,...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FKOM THE ODE ON THE PASSIOHS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 sider
...day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubbar-fiend. And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full,...doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." The following on the same subject is from the Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 sider
...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, (Tone smooth, high, and loud.) 2. — [FROM THE ODE ON THE PASSIONS.] — Collins. " But oh ! how altered... | |
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