 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 they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Σελίδα 548των John Milton - 1815Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Milton - 1853 - 344 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught 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 no TWO] 1 In either hand she held a massie key, . . . The one of beaten burnish' d gold, .... That... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 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 Grato on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw: The hungry sheep look up, and arc not fod ; 125 But,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 σελίδες
...That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ; What recks it them ? What need they ? They tin- s| <;il ; 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, MI LTON. But, swoln with... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel1 pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And,...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, swollen with wind... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 σελίδες
...beechen cups, the graven work 60 Of the divine Alcimedon, whereon, Line 36. See Milton's Lycidas : " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." 45. Spenser has imitated this passage : Sh. Cal. March, 40 : " For,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And,...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fad; 125 But, swoin with wind,... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs < What reeks it them ? what need they ? they are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs 242 SUMMER JULY. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 σελίδες
...sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 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 songa Grate on their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1856 - 478 σελίδες
...of hell. The sermon seemed as if it had been made to answer exactly the poet's description : — " 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, swollen with wind,... | |
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