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
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| 1862 - 802 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have learned 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, But swoln with wind, and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 páginas
...have learn'd aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! " What recks it then ? 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... | |
| 1846 - 844 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else, the least, That to the faithful herdsman's art belong ! 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 fed with wind, and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 402 páginas
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What reeks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; " And,...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 Howitt - 1847 - 524 páginas
...A sheep-hook, or have Icam'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 Orate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln... | |
| Virgil, Thomas Keightley - 1847 - 524 páginas
...KaXdjuas av\bv TTOTnrv&Eev t'^ojri ; Theoc. v. 5. more than blow a corn-pipe at the cross-roads ? " And when they list their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw," is Milton's imitation of this passage, Lycidas 123. — 26. trimis.... | |
| John Milton - 1847 - 604 páginas
...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 on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind,... | |
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