 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 his mitred locks, and stern bespake ; How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 466by John Milton - 1857 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...his mitred locks, and stern bespake : — " How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Anow of such as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude,...little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...false teachers), he had stern words to speak : How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and...little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast And shove away the worthy bidden guest. (113-18, Here, it must be understood, Milton's... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...shook his mitr'd locks, and stern bespake: "How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, Enough of such as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude...little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how... | |
 | John N. King - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 262 pages
...churchmen results in the starvation of their flocks for want of spiritual fodder. The speaker attacks such as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude,...little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; And when they list, their lean and flashy... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 pages
...twain. He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake:RHow well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and...little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know... | |
 | Robert Tudur Jones, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - Religion - 2006 - 448 pages
...amain); He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake, How well I could have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep and...little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know... | |
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