 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 Yale Literary Magazine - 124. oldal1861Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 oldal
...How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; ' She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, ' And he by frier's lanthorn led ; ' Tells how the drudging goblin sweat ' To earn...one night, ere glimpse of morn, ' His shadowy flail hath thresh d the corn ' That ten day-labourers could not end ; 1 Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 oldal
...particularly of food, infallibly occasions his disappearance for ever.* We learn from Olaus Magnus, When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 oldal
...particularly of food, infallibly occasions his disappearance for ever.* We learn from Olaus Magnus, When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 oldal
...— With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led : Tells how...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn Which ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber-fiend." Butler,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 oldal
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat. She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 418 oldal
...flax. All this is precisely the conduct of Robin Good-fellow, described so charmingly by Milton : " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretch... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 oldal
...of the Lar Familiaris of the ancients. 1 — how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn the cream- bowl, duly set ! When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy tlail had tbratrii'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 516 oldal
...ale,-^ With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led : Tells how the drudging gublin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 oldal
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets ate ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how...duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shad'wy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 oldal
...Goodfellow, and Jack o' Lantern. It is in allusion to this mischievous demon that Milton's clown speaks, — She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by friar's lantern led. " The History of Friar Hush" is of extreme rarity, and, for some time, even the existence of such a... | |
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