 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...  Hudibras, a Poem - Page 227by Samuel Butler - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1810 - 730 pages
...was pinch'd, and puIlM, she said ; And he, by friar's lanthern led : Tellsliow the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set ; When in one...night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail had thresh 'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; 'i hca I»Y» him down the luU/ci fiend,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd, she sed; And, he, by friars lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...waspinch'd, andpull'd, shesed, And by the friar's lanthorn led; Toils how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh d the c rn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd, she scd; And, he, by friars lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | English poetry - 1811 - 1054 pages
...this invisible power was able to unravel 'it. It, like _ j-" the drudging g oblin sweat To earuhis cream-bowl duly set. When in one night, ere glimpse...of morn, . His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn Th.it ten Jay-lalvmren. co-jM'ni>t end: And stretch'd out all thechimncy'slength, • Bisks at the... | |
 | William Collins - 1811 - 162 pages
...occasions his disappearance for everi. * ' — bow the drudging goblin swet, To earn the cream-bowl, dnly set ; When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn. That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend And, stretch'd... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 706 pages
...invisible power was able to unravel it. It like -the drudging Goblin sweat To earn his cream-bawl duly let, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length. Basks at the fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And lie, by friar*s lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, 105 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten daylab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend, 110... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...pinch't and pull'd, she said, And he, by friar's lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging goblin- swet, 105 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, 97- The young I should refer to the prototype of Fortinbras in Hamlet, (fig.... | |
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