| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...the iron shuts amain) He shook his miter' d locks, and stern bespake, How well could I have spar'd for thee, young Swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ? 1 1 j Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to seramble at the shearer's feast, And... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...AySj^-«KI$(J#k<mJter'd locks, and stern bespake, '• • f .i£." £->•• ¥>.\ How well could I have spar'd for thee, young Swain, Enow of such as for their bellies'...and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
| David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...we live in the spirit of the gospel. with the bishop and clergy at their head. How ni airy such, " For their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb...little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know... | |
| Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 392 pages
...Deeply is he made to complain, ' the Pilot of the Gallilean lake,' the head of the flock of faith, of ' Such as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold !' Milton may be said to exhibit to us, in these lines, the ancient union of poetry with prophecy.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake : " How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies'...themselves know how to hold 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... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: " How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies'...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art bejongs 1 What recks it them ? What... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: " How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies'...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 flashy... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...the iron shuts amain,) He shook his miter'd locks, and stern bespake: "How well could I have spar'd for thee young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies'...scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy-bidden guest ; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have... | |
| David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...the rich, the fashionable, and the gay, with the Bishop and Clergy at their head. How many such, " For their bellies sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
| 1811 - 566 pages
...bringing them back to the most ignoble pursuits of real life. ' How well could I have spar'd for theCi young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake...and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reck'ning make', Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest... | |
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