 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...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 278by John Milton - 1834 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they?...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... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 320 pages
...have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it then ? What need they ? They are sped ; And when they list,...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Quos pevhibent flores, inscriptus inargine luctum. "Nam quis," ait, "prsedulce meum me pignus... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...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 :... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1866 - 154 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs I What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped j And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wretched 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... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1867 - 532 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs. What recks it them? What need they ?...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." Let it be remembered, that Milton wrote this. of a period and and of an institution that... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 458 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned anght else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What need they ?...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:... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else, the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs 1 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped;...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;... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 780 pages
...else the least TTiat to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they r They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them 7 What need they 1 They tu sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spreau:... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; L And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Beside what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace,... | |
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