 | 1846 - 844 trang
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belong ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But fed with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread : Besides what the... | |
 | 1846 - 906 trang
...which to judicious people is just one degree less offensive than the bringing the stage into it : — Their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...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. You will not... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 trang
...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...straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, & the rank mist they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 trang
...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...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... | |
 | Virgil, Thomas Keightley - 1847 - 524 trang
...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. The trivium, different from the... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 trang
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, l! But, swoln wi.Ii wind, and ilia rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides...apace, and nothing said, But that two-handed engine ut the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 trang
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed; But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Wrought inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
 | 1879 - 566 trang
...449.) — " One of the sheep, '' &c. JE hag misquoted from Milton's Lycidot. It reads: — " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1850 - 316 trang
...the gospel to every creature." Mark, xvi. 15. * The preacher?] Thus Cowper, Task, b. ii. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed,. But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly. To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, &c. 'Tis pitiful Fattens with this... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 trang
...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 Grate...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... | |
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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, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist... 
