 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...have learned ought else the least, That to the faithful herdman's art belongs; What recks it them 1 What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scraanel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, l! But, swoln wi.Ii wind,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1879 - 566 pages
...449.) — " One of the sheep, '' &c. JE hag misquoted from Milton's Lycidot. It reads: — " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What recks it them? What need they ? They a' • ^ /; " And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs "...fed ; " But swoln with wind and the rank mist they drav " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They , are sped;...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! I2I forth, and in celestial measures mov'd, Circling the throne and singing, while (he grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...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 ? They are sped...straw. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, sivoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! i2i What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs no Two] ' In either hand she held a massie key, . . . The one of beaten burnish'd gold, .... That in... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What recks it them ? what need they ? they are sped...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." Keturn,... | |
 | John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 pages
...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 ? They are sped...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel2 pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...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 \ They are sped...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel2 pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind... | |
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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,... 
