 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 էջ
...herdinan's art belongs! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, tbtir lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, l~But, swoIPn with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 542 էջ
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks rt them ? what need they ? They are sped; And when they...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. MiLfoS. This is not merely a poetical exaggeration. Soon after these lines were written, a polite... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 560 էջ
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! "What recks H them ? what need they ? They are spedi And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...straw } The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swolu with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 546 էջ
...sheep-hook, or have Icarn'd ought > !•<• the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what need they ? They are sped} And when they list, their lean and fl.ishy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 էջ
...sheep.hook, ar have learn'd angbt ebe the least 120 That to the faithfnl herdman's art belongs ! WhBt recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And,...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scraanel pipes of wretched straw ; The hnngry sheep look np, and are not fed, 12& Bnt, swoll'n with... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 էջ
...therefore adopted by Milton, who knew better, and mast have been actuated by evil passions : " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly The pastors were changed soon after thii was written, and it would require more than the prejudice... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 էջ
...hold [least A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the That to the faithful htrdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy gongs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.... | |
 | REV. H. C. O'DONNOGHUE, A.M. - 1818 - 342 էջ
...and defy one another ? — And where, to use the language of one of their own poets-^ " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind,...draw, . Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread." , • The General Confession is ordered to be repeated — " all kneeling." When creatures stained... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 էջ
...list, their lean and flashy songs / f, Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; IJ The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, - $ But, swoln with...draw, » > Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread :__ ac- Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw *rt ^ Daily devours apace, and nothing said : ";... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 էջ
...to A sheep-hook, or have leara'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, su oln with wind and the rank mist they draw, . Bot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
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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,... 
