 Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful Herdman's art belongs!  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 540by John Milton - 1880 - 625 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...young swain, Enow of iucu as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold f Of other care they little reckoning make Than how...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 it them t What... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...:— So clomb this first grand thief lulu God's laid; So since Into his church lewd hirelings climb. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them 1 What... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...and stern bespake : ' How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as, for then- bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into...A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs 1 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ;... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...mitred locks and stern hespake : ' How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of euch as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and...feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind months ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...the river Cam, on the bonlera of which was the University of Cambridge, where Lycidas was educated. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them? What... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain no (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain), He shook...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least no That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! "What recks it them?... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...Last came, and last did go The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain); He shook...themselves 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 366 pages
...Last came, and last did go The pilot of the Galilean lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) ; He shook...feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind months ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn 'd aught else the least... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1861 - 734 pages
...young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold I Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...the party to which he would attach himself when the time came. He had there denounced the clergy who, "For their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and...shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. * First published in 1641. B Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or... | |
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