 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...fairy Mab the junkets eat, She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led ; Telle unfold. PART OF THE KNlGHTES TALE. I trowe men wolde...dispence Of Theseus, that got so besily To maken up day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...Reed's Old PI. xi. 254. Again, ibid. p. 238. For I shall fleet their crcam-liou-lt night by night. When in one 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 lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Land. Milton's Description of Browny jn his L'Allegro is fine: — Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his creambowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath threshed the Corn That ten day labourers could not end j Then lays him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...ate : She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drndging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of mom, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat, She was pincht, and pull'd she said, And he by friar's lantern led Tells how the drudging' Goblin...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...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 the drudging goblin...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 lubbar fiend,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...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 the drudging goblin...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 the drudging goblin...night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail hath thrash'd the corn, Thet ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And,... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Füssli - 1831 - 466 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | Henry Fuseli - Art - 1831 - 472 pages
...was pinch'd, and pull'd she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab Yers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's... | |
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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... 
