 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...pinch'd, and pull'd she said, And he by friars' lanthorn led Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, ios 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-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend,... | |
 | William Martin - 1852 - 434 pages
...wellknown lines of Milton's " L' Allegro." " Tells how the drudging goblin swet To earn his creame-bowl duly set ; When in one night, ere glimpse of morn His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn, That ten day labourers could not end." But, after all, the old ballad best describes... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...pinch'd, and pull'd, she sed; And he, by friar's lantern 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, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the Inbbar fiend, 110... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...ho !" Milton thus celebrates this spirit in his " L' Allegro." " Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn, Then ten day-lah'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 pages
...ho !" Milton thus celebrates this spirit in his " L' Allegro." " Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of mom, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn, Then ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 276 pages
...flax. All this is precisely the conduct of Robin Goodfellow, described so charmingly by Milton: " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl...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, etretch'd... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...she said, And by the friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To ern his cream-bowle duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...she said, And hy the friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging gohlin swet, To ern his cream-howle duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-lahourers could not end ; Then lies him down the luhhar fiend,... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...was pinched and pulled she sed, And lie by Friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set ; When in one night ere glimpse of mom, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lies him... | |
 | Joseph Snowe - 1839 - 560 pages
..." alluded to by Milton in the following lines, the sequel of this story will satisfactorily shew. " How the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl...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,... | |
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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... 
