 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 Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Página 205por William Shakespeare - 1821Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Milton - 1870 - 537 páginas
...How faery Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led. Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his...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 lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 672 páginas
...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 Goblin sweat To earn...one 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,... | |
 | John O'Hanlon - 1870 - 155 páginas
...poem L' Allegro, alludes to this sprite and to the current cottage tales of his day, when the rustic "Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend,... | |
 | Wonders - 1870
...treated, he seems to have been not unwilling to render useful service. At least the poet tells us — "How the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl,...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber-fiend,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 608 páginas
...How faery Mab the junkets cat : She was pinched and pulled she said ; , And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end : Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | John Milton - 1871
...How fairy Mab the j unkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn...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 lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872
...feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat; She was pinched and pulled, she said; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn...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,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 410 páginas
...sprite Called Bobin GootWeUow. S/icik. She was pinched and pulled, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn...one night, ere 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,... | |
 | CHARLES DEXTER CLEVELAND - 1873
...pincl? d and pulPcf, she sed? And^he^by(friar's lantern) led, Tells how the djjjfjguig gotfe swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...day-labourers could not end : Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And... | |
 | John Milton - 1873
...many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat l She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lanthorn- led, Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat,...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend,'1 And... | |
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