 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 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... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 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 scrannel5 pipes of wretched straw... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 518 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least 120 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 758 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 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 scrannel2 pipes of wretched straw... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 168 pages
...(Psalm xxia. 4). Of unlearned ministers Becon remarks in his Preface, ' They leap into the pulpits 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 without shame, when they understand not what... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1874 - 168 pages
...(Psalm xxiii. 4). Of unlearned ministers Becon remarks in his Preface, ' They leap into the pulpits 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 without shame, when they understand not what... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 332 pages
...mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 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... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 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;... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else, the least 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... | |
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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... 
