 | John Bell - 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... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...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 scrannal pipes of wretched straw. " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoll'n with wind,... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 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-; and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such... | |
 | 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 ; and the rank mist they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' t • I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...it them > what need they ? Tb«y are sped : And when they list, their lean and flash !y songs 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, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | William Hayley - 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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 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... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...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 songs Grate on their scrannal pipes of wretched straw. the Clergy, for a circuit of sixty miles round his own neighbourhood,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 pages
...mean idea Comatcs had of the shepherd's piping. — Milton ; ad butli Theocritus and Virgil in view. Their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. Lycidas. 9. Uamo-'las dono mihi quam dedit olim. Eel. 2. 37. 12. Thy master sleeps] The ancients used... | |
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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... 
