 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 scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 313edited by - 1901 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least Tli .' to the faithful hcrdman's an belongs ! 121 Wliat recks it them? What need they? They are sped ; And,...and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 1... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they ?...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: Besides what... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...how to hold A sheep-honk, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 ^hat to the -faithful herdsman's art belongs! .- What recks it them ? What need they...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...to A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! m What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 135 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...know how to holdB A sheep-hook ; or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they...and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." . So great was the influence acquired by... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 628 pages
...Edward, son of Sir John King, Knt., Secretary for Ireland, was drowned Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. II. C What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped;...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...else the least That to die faithful herdman's art belongs! 121 What recks it them Î What need they i believe me yet, or shall I call Antiquity from the...the huntress Dian her dread bow, Fair silver-shafted wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 130... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 632 pages
...1637. Edward, son of Sir John King, Knt., Secretary for Ireland, was drowned Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hut, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they?...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... | |
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