 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 էջ
...Two massy keys he bore of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) ; He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake : How well could I have spared...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 698 էջ
...Enow of such as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ? Of other cure they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 էջ
...massy ke}rs he bore of metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his mitered locks, and stern bespake : "How well could I have...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 էջ
...their bellies' sake, Creep and intrude and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast,...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? They are sped'. (lines... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 էջ
...their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold! Of other care they litde reck'ning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast,...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 էջ
...their bellies' sake. Creep and intrude and climb into the fold? Of other care they little rcck'ning make. Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast....themselves 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... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 էջ
...the Christian Church (and as the biblical denouncer of false teachers), he had stern words to speak : How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...shearers' feast And shove away the worthy bidden guest. (113-18, Here, it must be understood, Milton's use of pastoral imagery leans upon another tradition,... | |
 | John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg - 1997 - 572 էջ
...Two massy keys he bore of metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake, 'How well could I have spared...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? They are sped; And... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 էջ
...shook his mitr'd locks, and stern bespake: "How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, Enough of such as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude...A sheephook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped. And... | |
 | John N. King - 2000 - 262 էջ
...churchmen results in the starvation of their flocks for want of spiritual fodder. The speaker attacks such as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude,...shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. The... | |
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Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold ! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers... 
