 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 էջ
...sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs < What reeks it them ? what need they ? they are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs 242 SUMMER JULY. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 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...their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel 1 pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind, and the... | |
 | William Howitt - 1857 - 736 էջ
...else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them t What need they s They are sped ; And when they list, their lean and...pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and an not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread,;... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 էջ
...themselves know how to hold A sheephook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's not fed, 30 But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smites no more."... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 էջ
...belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are Sped; And when they lift, their lean andjiashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched sTraw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed. But sworn with wind, and the rank misJ they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion tyread: Besides what... | |
 | Rachel Jacoff - 1993 - 296 էջ
...che le pecorelle, che non sanno, tornan del pasco pasciute di vento. (Paradiso 29, 107-08) The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw. (Lycidas, 125-26) There is, of course, much in Dante's Catholicism that proves incompatible with Milton's... | |
 | Hugh Hood - 1993 - 236 էջ
...for the protection of all animals. He thought often of the moving lines from John Milton: The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swol'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... A great poem about a shepherd. Feed my lambs, feed my sheep,... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 էջ
...Swain', and Camus's speech, firmly indicate such a context. At the same time, bad poets are indicted. 'And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw.' (lines 113-4) Although the revolutionary indictment of the 'corrupted Clergy' is the foregrounded reading,... | |
 | Clay Daniel - 1994 - 194 էջ
...voiced as early a the Seventh Prolusion. Christian priests could either pursue their own wicked fancies, "and when they list, their lean and flashy songs / Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw" (123-24); or they, like Milton at Horton and Hammersmith, could apply themselves "to know God aright."... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 էջ
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They...But swol'n 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,... | |
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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... 
