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... Allegro und Penseroso - Էջ 14John Milton - 1782 - 31 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Paul Everett - 1996 - 122 էջ
...holiday revels at harvest-time, f Lines 110-12: 'Then lies him down the lubber fiend, / And streteh'd out all the 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2001 - 394 էջ
...hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end 5 Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings." ' The reader will observe that our simple ancestors had reduced all these whimsies '... | |
| John Milton - 2003 - 1084 էջ
...When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy Flail hath thresh'd the Corn That ten day-laborers could not end; Then lies him down the Lubber Fiend,...Crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first Cock his Matin rings. Thus done the Tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whispering Winds soon lull'd asleep.... | |
| John Milton - 2003 - 1012 էջ
...could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend.0 no And stretched out all the chimney's length,0 Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings,0 Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering... | |
| John Milton - 2006 - 66 էջ
...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...crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered... | |
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