 Herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 277by John Milton - 1834Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...on their scrannel-pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Beside what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace,...nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...are not fed, But, swoln with wind an4the rank mist they draw, Lycidas. 125 Rot inwardly, and feral contagion spread ; • Besides what the grim wolf,...nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 974 pages
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Bot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what...with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing said : 1 19. Untaught instructors ; manage. 120. Acquired other endowment. 121. Dutiful shepherd's business.... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 pages
...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates between... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed ; But that two-handed engine at the door 13° Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim Woolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed, But that two-handed engine at the door,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swol'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw....nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Retum Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk... | |
 | James Hiller, Michael Harrington - History - 1995 - 1508 pages
...straw. The hungry Sheep (the starving people of this country from 1933-39) look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot...nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. That is the Dominions Office described by Milton in... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Dally devours apace, and nothmg said.s' (1 19-29) The violence of this indictment is signalled by 'Blind... | |
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