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" 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 278
by John Milton - 1834 - 392 pages
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What Deed they ? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean...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;...
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The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...else the least, That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ; What recks it them ? What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean 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...
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The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 428 pages
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1879 - 566 pages
...JE hag misquoted from Milton's Lycidot. It reads: — " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." DBB (3* 8. ix. 257 ; x. 258 ; 5"- 8. xi. 259, 458.) " Who would not rather...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What recks it them? What need they ? They a' • ^ /; " And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs "...wretched straw ; " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; " But swoln with wind and the rank mist they drav " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...mouths ! 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, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread;...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...know how to hold 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 not fed, But, sivoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...know how to hold " A sheep-hook, or have learned 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 not fed, " But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1853 - 344 pages
...writes it 'herdsman,' in his MS. 1 Herdman,' is used in our transl. of the Bible, Amos i. 1. Todd. 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,...
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