That to the faithful 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... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 278by John Milton - 1834 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...themselvesknowhowto 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?...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are hot fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...moths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed." MAURICE G. HERING. THE NEW SNOBBISHNESS. IN the WESTMINSTER REVIEW Lady Grove writes on the... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! Whatrecksitthem? That virtue only makes our bliss below ; And all our...EPISTLES. TO SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, LORD СОВНAЛi. Of th not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks...; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Even after the dissolution of the hierarchy, he held this opinion. Jn his sixteenth Sonnet, written... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them ? What need they ? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wretched straw : 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... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they ?...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least Tli .' to the faithful hcrdman's an belongs ! 121 Wliat recks it them? What need they? They are sped ; And,...wretched straw ; 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... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them? What need they? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swolnwith wind and the rank mist they draw, * One of the Nereides, who wağ commonly... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...'herdsman,' in his MS. ' Herdman,' is used in our transl. of the Bible, Amos i. 1. Todd. VOL. III. K Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ;...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,... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...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,... | |
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