 | William Harris - 1814 - 546 pages
...belongs ! What recks it them ? what need they ? They are sped} And when they list, their lean and fl.ishy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hot swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 pages
...therefore adopted by Milton, who knew better, and mast have been actuated by evil passions : " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly The pastors were changed soon after thii was written, and it would require more than the prejudice... | |
 | REV. H. C. O'DONNOGHUE, A.M. - 1818 - 342 pages
...and defy one another ? — And where, to use the language of one of their own poets-^ " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind,...draw, . Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread." , • The General Confession is ordered to be repeated — " all kneeling." When creatures stained... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...list, their lean and flashy songs / f, Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; IJ The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, - $ But, swoln with...draw, » > Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread :__ ac- Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw *rt ^ Daily devours apace, and nothing said : ";... | |
 | Virgil - 1820 - 456 pages
...'Jhe very sound i of this verse is worthy of observa; tion. Milton has imitated it in his Lycidas : - Their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. 28. Vis ergo, #c.] Damoetas, in order to put a stop to any further reproaches, challenges Menalcas... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 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...; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, su oln with wind and the rank mist they draw, . Bot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 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...; 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 : Besides what... | |
 | 1822 - 284 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...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are hot fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! Whatrecksitthem? what need they ? they are sped; below ; And all our knowledge is, Omelvcs to know....RICHARD TEMPLE, LORD СОВНAЛi. Of the Knowledge a swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what... | |
 | 1901 - 744 pages
...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...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed." MAURICE G. HERING. THE NEW SNOBBISHNESS. IN the WESTMINSTER REVIEW Lady Grove writes on the... | |
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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... 
