 | John Milton - 1853 - 344 էջ
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? "What need they...sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs no TWO] 1 In either hand she held a massie key, . . . The one of beaten burnish' d gold, .... That... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 էջ
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What...sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grato on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw: The hungry sheep look up, and arc not fod ; 125 But,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 էջ
...That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ; What recks it them ? What need they ? They tin- s| <;il ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, MI LTON. But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 էջ
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 էջ
...mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel1 pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind,... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 էջ
...beechen cups, the graven work 60 Of the divine Alcimedon, whereon, Line 36. See Milton's Lycidas : " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." 45. Spenser has imitated this passage : Sh. Cal. March, 40 : " For, alas ! at home I have a syre, A... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 էջ
...mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What...wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fad; 125 But, swoin with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 էջ
...What recks it them? What need they ? They ave sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy sou^s Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ;...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Dayly devours apace,... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1856 - 478 էջ
...of hell. The sermon seemed as if it had been made to answer exactly the poet's description : — " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 էջ
...Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least rted songa Grate on their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,... | |
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Herdman's art belongs! 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... 
