 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 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... | |
 | John Milton, John Hunter - 1864 - 110 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door 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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first ng to its own ; Which wields the world with never wearied lov 115 By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first 's loud clangor 25 Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of a 115 By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 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... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...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 winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 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, 1 1 5 By whispering Winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red Cities please us then, And the busy hum of men,... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 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... 
