| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...What recks it them? What need they ? They ave sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy sou^s 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... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...? what need they ? they are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs 242 SUMMER JULY. not fed, But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them 1 What need they 1 They are sped; An^l, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fed 5 125 But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contusion spread... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them t What need they s 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 an not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread,;... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1858 - 436 pages
...spoil a good one. The ' dis ' is intensive, as in ' dispereo.' Milton, Lycidas 123, "And when they list their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." Dryden (Essay on Satire) refers to this Une as showing that Virgil might if he pleased have made himself... | |
| Virgil - 1858 - 452 pages
...spoil a good one. The ' dis ' is intensive, as in ' dispereo.' Milton, Lycidas 123, "And when they list their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." Dryden (Essay on Satire) refers to this line as showing that Virgil might if he pleased have made himself... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...herdman's art belongs ! ' What recks it them? What need they ? They a • f J ', ' And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs ' Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw ; ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; ' But swoln with wind and the rank mist they drav ' Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...herdsman's art belongs I What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...of wretched straw. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, Bnt, swollen with wind and the rank mint they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread;... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...herdsman's art belongs 1 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 : i The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw, I... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, sped ; But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
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