 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 402 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What reeks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; " And,..." But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, MILTON. " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily... | |
 | 1846 - 844 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else, the least, That to the faithful herdsman's art belong ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But fed with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread : Besides what the... | |
 | 1846 - 906 pages
...which to judicious people is just one degree less offensive than the bringing the stage into it : — Their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...straw : The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread. You will not... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them? What need they ? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, & the rank mist they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have Icam'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ! What need they ! They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Orate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln... | |
 | Virgil, Thomas Keightley - 1847 - 524 pages
...KaXdjuas av\bv TTOTnrv&Eev t'^ojri ; Theoc. v. 5. more than blow a corn-pipe at the cross-roads ? " And when they list their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw," is Milton's imitation of this passage, Lycidas 123. — 26. trimis. The trivium, different from the... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What Deed they ? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean...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,... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...else the least, That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ; What recks it them ? What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! [sped; What recks it them? What need they? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Wrought inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1850 - 316 pages
...the gospel to every creature." Mark, xvi. 15. * The preacher?] Thus Cowper, Task, b. ii. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed,. But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly. To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, &c. 'Tis pitiful Fattens with this his swine.] On the... | |
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The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, 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,... 
