 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...to hold A sheephook, or have learned aught else theleut 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 songt Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and arc not fed, But,... | |
 | Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...near Croton, in the bay of Tarentum ; the luxury and effeminacy of its inhabitants were proverbial. " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." Lycidas. Crathis is a river near Sybaris. " It is none enterprise to men forbid."— P. 44. OuTiv itgiv... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...holdB A sheep-hook ; or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." . So great was the influence acquired by Cromwell, in his masterly seizure of such grievances... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on then- scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 628 pages
...Edward, son of Sir John King, Knt., Secretary for Ireland, was drowned Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. II. C What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped;...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 ! " " In... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1840 - 88 pages
...motives of action : and to enjoin, 1 . ' r. " Who, when they list, their lean and flashy songs i . Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ;...draw, ' Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread." LYCIDAS. May not some of the unamiable ; reproachful ; and degrading traits, in the national character,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 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...scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look on, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 632 pages
...1637. Edward, son of Sir John King, Knt., Secretary for Ireland, was drowned Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hut, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 634 pages
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hut, swolu with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Ilot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what...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 ! " " In... | |
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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,... 
