 | Christopher Smart - 1752 - 264 pągines
...flings, Ere the firft cock his rrlattin fings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy humm of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold, 120 With... | |
 | John Milton - 1753 - 418 pągines
...Witchcraft. Lond. [ I 588 and ] iaiatcd Shakefpear, ha» imitated 1651:4.° p. 66. Pick. And crop-full out of doors he flings, ' Ere the firft cock his^ matin rings. '.»•* -JU-'i "•'! Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd aileep,... | |
 | John Milton - 1753 - 374 pągines
...length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of deai's he ffings, lire the nrft cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd aileap. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men,... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pągines
...no And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Baiks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men,... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 420 pągines
...no And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 115 By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men,... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pągines
...fiend, And ftrctch'd out all the chimney's length, Balks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin...they creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towered cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pągines
...lubber fiend, • . And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, And crop-full out of doors he ffings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings, Thus done the tales, to bed they creep. By whifp'ring winds foon loll'd afleep. Towered cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pągines
...fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings. VOL. I. D Thus Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 pągines
...no And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Baflcs at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep* 115 By whifpcring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of... | |
 | 1780 - 226 pągines
...fiend, And ftretch'd out all the chimney's length,. Bafks at the fire his hairy ftrength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the firft cock his matin...the tales, to bed they creep, By whifp'ring winds ibon lull'd afleep.. Towered cities pleafe us then, And the bufy ham of men r Where throngs of knights... | |
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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... 
