 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...appellation, but Milton has drawn their portraiture, and — " Tells how the drudgin goblin sweat, To earn the cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thrashed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lays him down, the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...told of many a feat, How faery Mab1 the junkets eat ; She2 was pinched, and pulled, she said, And he,3 by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin...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 lubber4 fiend,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat: She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he, by friars' lantern led; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat,...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat: She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he, by friars' lantern led; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat,...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat: She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he, by friars' lantern led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat,...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat: She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he, by friars' lantern led; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat,...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten-day laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...stories told of many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1845 - 412 pages
...dame's 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...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,... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...she said ; And he by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream bowl duly set, When in one 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,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 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...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the com, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
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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... 
