 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 wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 466by John Milton - 1857 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 pages
...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,...privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First, is it not singular to find Milton assigning... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...need they 1 They tu sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up,...rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spreau: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : But that... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 pages
...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,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates between God and mant As God's ambassador, the grand... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...and meagre, pipes. 115. And climb into the fold.] Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Beside what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Eeturn, Alphelia, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed ; But that two-handed engine at the door 13° Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 630 pages
...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...door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more." What did Milton mean by the last two lines ? What that metaphorical " two-handed engine " which was... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1 2 5 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...nothing said ; But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...straw. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Eot inwardly and foul contagion spread, Besides what the...door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more." What did Milton mean by the last two lines ? What was that metaphorical " two-handed engine " which... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...said ; — But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus ! the dread voice is past, That... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 pages
...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,...privy paw ' Daily devours apace, and nothing said.' " Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First, is it not singular to find Milton assigning... | |
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