 | Edward Tomarken - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 292 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,...nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." (1:1794) Milton here employs the allegorical convention... | |
 | Samuel J. Rogal - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 186 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, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: 70 (Lyc idas [1637], 11s. 119-127) Thus, in response to a clear and obvious calling, Wesley set out... | |
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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: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door... 
