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" And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw... "
The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 483
1827
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Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Volume 1

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...
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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

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...
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Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets

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,;...
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P. Vergili Maronis opera. The works of Virgil, with a comm. by J. Conington ...

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...
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P. Vergili Maronis opera: The Eclogues and Georgics. 1858

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...
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Works ...

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...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

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;...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

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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