Laboring-Class Poems
The Thresher’s Labour (1736)
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[RG66] Dale- a valley
[RG67] Sisyphus is a character in Greek mythology. He was punished by the gods and forced to roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it fall back down, for eternity. [JH70] "Scrip" Noun. Another term for drugs. [JH71] "Cambricks" Noun. Means thin, plan cotton or linen fabrics of fine weave, usually white. [TK66] “bugbear” in line 67 means any source, real or imaginary, of needless fright or fear or a persistent problem or source of annoyance [RD66] Ceres- goddess of Agriculture [RD67] Flail-a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it [SH70] lour - scowl |