 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 pages
...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,...with 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... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...into God's fold; So, Rince, into hit churcb Inwd hlnsliugicliinb. 456 LYCIDAS. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw: The hungry sheep look up,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
 | John Ruskin - Pre-Raphaelitism - 1865 - 302 pages
...What need they? They we sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Orate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up,...spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Doily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First,... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. Post hos, qui Galilsea regit per stagna carinas, Post hos venit iturus : habet manus utraque clavim,... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...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,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return, Alpheus,2 the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...need they ? They arc sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more " Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 320 pages
...Radit stridentem stipulis. Pastore negato Suspicit segra pecus : vento gravis ac lue tracta But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams; return Sicilian muse, And call the... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...Todd. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, iss But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...nothing said ; But that two-handed engine at the door tea Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 780 pages
...need they r 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,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II.:— " He that negotiates between God and man. As God's ambassador, the grand... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 782 pages
...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,...nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Sunds ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II.: — " He that negotiates between... | |
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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... 
