 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
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 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,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. Post hos, qui Galilsea regit per stagna carinas, Post hos venit iturus : habet manus utraque clavim,... | |
 | John Ruskin - Pre-Raphaelitism - 1865 - 302 pages
...songs Orate 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 Doily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they drs w, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides...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. Return,... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 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,...said ; — But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return, Alpheus,2 the dread voice is past That shrunk... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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, Rot...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... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...Todd. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, iss But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...nothing said ; But that two-handed engine at the door tea Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 320 pages
...Radit stridentem stipulis. Pastore negato Suspicit segra pecus : vento gravis ac lue tracta 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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 pages
...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and ire 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." 1 1 5. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 782 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 Sunds ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II.: — " He that negotiates between... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 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,...privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First, is it not singular to find Milton assigning... | |
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