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 wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Página 548por John Milton - 1815Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Harris - 1814 - 542 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks rt 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 wind,... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 546 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have Icarn'd ought > !•<• the least 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 fl.ishy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 560 páginas
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! "What recks H them ? what need they ? They are spedi 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 swolu with wind,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 páginas
...[least A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the That to the faithful htrdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy gongs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.... | |
| John Fry - 1822 - 618 páginas
...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 ; And...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, swoll'n with wind,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have leara'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And...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, su oln with wind... | |
| 1901 - 744 páginas
...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 ; And...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed." MAURICE G. HERING. THE... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 428 páginas
...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. In his sixteenth Sonnet, written... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...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 knowledge is, Omelvcs to know. MORAL ESSA scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 páginas
...occurring in Spenser's Kalendar, Decemb. " What " recked 1 of wintry age's waste." 7*. Warton. 123. And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw;] No sound of words can be more expressive of the sense: and how finely... | |
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