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" What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 143
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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides P. Jewett and company said ; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,...
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Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: Or, The Influence of Romanism on ...

James Aitken Wylie - 1856 - 478 pages
...But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what the grim wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing sed ; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." When this...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...But, swoin with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door I'M Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. ^efRetum,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contusion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at tho door 1'ii) Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...with rank mist, he says, the sheep rot inwardly, and spread contagion among themselves : " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." II. IRELAND FROM 1632 TO 1638. Regarded as an exhibition of energy and genius in accomplishing...
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Original Papers Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Milton

William Douglas Hamilton - 1859 - 156 pages
...the Lyeidas which was published at this very time is elearly warned of his approaching fate, Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed ; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more. Else he...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...; But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : —But that two-handed, engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return,...
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A manual of English literature

Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...1689, amounted to a formal renunciation of the claim of the State — on account of which * " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." so much blood had been shed in this and the previous century — to impose religious uniformity...
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Verses and translations, by C.S.C.

Charles Stuart Calverley - 1862 - 230 pages
...But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Kot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. Post hos, qui Galilsea regit per stagna carinas, Post hos venit iturus : habet manus utraque...
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Complete Poetical Works

John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : But that two handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,...
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