 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 wind...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 321edited by - 1902 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...flrxt jr:nj.l thief into God's fold; So, Rince, into hit churcb Inwd hlnsliugicliinb. 456 LYCIDAS. Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw: The...inwardly, 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 Stands... | |
 | John Ruskin - Pre-Raphaelitism - 1865 - 302 pages
...recks it them ? What need they? They we sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Orate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry...and foul contagion spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Doily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them * What need they ? They are sj.ed ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...fed ; But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they drs w, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman'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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...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 Ruskin - Books and reading - 1866 - 154 pages
...That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs I What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped j And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Eot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; t Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 458 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned anght else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What need they ?...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 Stands... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else, the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs 1 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped;...inwardly, and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 780 pages
...else the least TTiat to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they r They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and...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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs I 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... | |
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