 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...massy keys he bore of metals twain, i to (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) He shook his miter' d locks, and stern bespake, How well could I have spar'd...bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ? 1 1 j Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to seramble at the shearer's feast, And... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...iron shuts amain) AySj^-«KI$(J#k<mJter'd locks, and stern bespake, '• • f .i£." £->•• ¥>.\ How well could I have spar'd for thee, young Swain,...and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...inscrib'd with woe. " Ah! Who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge ?" Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he...(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: " How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...inscrib'd with woe. "Ah! Who hath. reft (quoth he) my dearest. pledge ?" Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he...(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: " How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...inscrib'd with woe. "Ah! Who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge ?" Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he...(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: "How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...the rich, the fashionable, and the gay, with the Bishop and Clergy at their head. How many such, " For 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 shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...bringing them back to the most ignoble pursuits of real life. ' How well could I have spar'd for theCi young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake...and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reck'ning make', Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...flow'r inscribed with woe. Ah! who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge? Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he...mitred locks, and stern bespake ; How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enough of such as for their bellies sake Creep, and intrude, and climb... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...inscrib'd with woe. [pledge ? Ah ! who hath reft (quoth he) my. dearest Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake : Two massy keys he...iron shuts amain,) He shook his mitred locks, and stem bespake, How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, Eaow of such as for their bellies'... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...inscribed with woe. " Ah ! Who hath reft," quoth he, " my dearest Last came, and last did go, [pledge ?" The pilot of the Galilean lake : Two massy keys he...locks, and stern bespake : " How well could I have spared for thee, young Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake [swain, Creep, and intrude, and climb... | |
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How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, 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... 
