 | 1846 - 436 strani
...feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinched, and pulled, she said, And he by friars' lanthorn 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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 402 strani
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Bamford, W. H. Chaloner - 1967 - 602 strani
...in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash 'd the corn Which ten day labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend...length, Basks at the fire, his hairy strength ; And cropful, out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin sings." By the side of the house, and... | |
 | 442 strani
...Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To ern his cream-bowle duly set, When, in one night, ere glimps of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn...day-labourers could not end. Then lies him down, the lubbar fend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 1134 strani
...thresrTd the corn That ten day labourers could not end; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretched out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full, out of door he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings." But beside these household Dobbies, there are others... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 strani
...feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said; And he, by friar's lanthern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his...day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 strani
...in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, (1. 93—98) 23 h y threshed the corn That ten day-laborers could not end: Then lies him down the lubber fend. And stretched... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 strani
...stories told of many a feat, How Faery Mab the junkets eat; She was pincht and pull'd, she said, And he, by Friar's Lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat To earn his Cream-bowl duly set. (lines 100-6) When these tales are done, we move to more literary creations: Such sights as youthful... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 strani
...She was pinched and pulled, she said; And by the Friars' lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin57 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-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, 110 And,... | |
 | Paul Everett - 1996 - 124 strani
...It is clear, from lines 87-90, that this refers to holiday revels at harvest-time, f Lines 110-12: 'Then lies him down the lubber fiend, / And stretch'd...chimney's length, / Basks at the fire his hairy strength'. According to the old superstition implicit in Milton's words,6 one is doomed to failure in love unless... | |
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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... 
