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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...

Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften - Page 246
by Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1920: With an ..., Volume 2

Burton Egbert Stevenson - American poetry - 1937 - 4009 pages

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English Masterpieces: From the beginnings through the XVIII century

Hunley Whatley Herrinton - English literature - 1957

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An Introduction to Literature: How does a poem mean? By J. Ciardi

Herbert Barrows, Gordon Norton Ray - American poetry - 1959 - 1331 pages

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How Does a Poem Mean?

John Ciardi - American poetry - 1960 - 366 pages

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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1909

...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And 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 cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...

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