 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 - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 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,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...enemies, At least I can think of no sense so proper to he given to the following verses in Lycidas— " Besides, what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours...nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." About this time, as we learn from one of his familiar... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen C 1 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1856 - 478 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,...wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing sed ; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." When this... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fad; 125 But, swoin with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door I'M Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. ^efRetum,... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...flashy sou^s 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,...spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Dayly devours apace, and nothing said ; Bnt that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 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,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 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,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...: i The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw, I Rot Inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what...nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smjte once and smite no more! ' " As if a strain so stern and polemical had scared... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : 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 nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite... | |
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