 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...ought 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 Grate on their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1z5 But swoll'n with... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...enemies.— At least I can think of no sense so proper to be given to the following verses in Lycidas. Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours...that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smire once, and smice no more. About this time, as we learn from one of his famlli;ir epistles, he... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...their scrannal pipes of wretched straw. " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, " Rot inwardly,...what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily devours a pace ; and nothing said, " But that two-handed engine at the door, " Stands ready to smite once,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Butswoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...devours apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the dcor, Stands ready to smite once, and smiie no more. Return Alpheus, the dread voice is... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 392 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom t ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind-;...they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue ; that, in truth, he... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind...they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' t • I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue; that, in truth,... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...Crate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But-swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy pawDaily devours apace : and nothing said, But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how t» hold What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...the least That to the faithful herdman's art bejongs 1 What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw j The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, liuf , swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot... | |
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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... 
