 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn 'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs; What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; But, swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...themselvesknowhowto 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;...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are hot fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them ? What need they ? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return,... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed." MAURICE G. HERING. THE NEW SNOBBISHNESS. IN the WESTMINSTER REVIEW Lady Grove writes on the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! Whatrecksitthem? That virtue only makes our bliss below ; And all our...RICHARD TEMPLE, LORD СОВНAЛi. Of the Knowledge a swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ! What need they ? They are sped...; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Even after the dissolution of the hierarchy, he held this opinion. Jn his sixteenth Sonnet, written... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind, and therank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Dally devours apace, and nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What reeks serannel pipes of wretehed straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swolTn with wind,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they ? They are sped;...straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them? What need they? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swolnwith wind and the rank mist they draw, * One of the Nereides, who wa» commonly invoked by mariners... | |
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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,... 
