 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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 whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful out of doors he flings Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...chimney's length Dusks 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 lulFd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...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 lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And cropful 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,5 And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...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 lulFd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...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 lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...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 lull'd to sleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...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, Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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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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... 
