 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks rt them ? what need they ? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 fed, Hot swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagina’s
...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 :...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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | REV. H. C. O'DONNOGHUE, A.M. - 1818 - 342 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 : ";... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pagina’s
...and flashy son;^ Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; Tin- hungry shuep look up, and arc and poor makes all the history ; Knough, that Virtue...being, to have been. When Hopkins dies, a thousand 1.10 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past. That... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pagina’s
...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...; 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... 
