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...in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers 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, us By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. no...

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...day-lahourers could not end ; Then lies hun down the luhher fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimneys length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he nings, Ere the first cock his matins rings." The reader will ohserve that our simple ancestors had...