 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...  Literary Studies from the Great British Authors - Page 81by Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 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;...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,... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - 1868 - 632 pages
...know how to hole! 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...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,... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdmau's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they...their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel 8 pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...bidden guest; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...bidden guest. Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least no That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw,... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...with the result that the ending of the denunciation takes the stable form of a passage in ottava rima: What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...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,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheephook, or have learn'd ought else the least . 0 The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 30 But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swol'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw. Rot inwardly,... | |
 | James Hiller, Michael Harrington - 1995 - 1508 pages
...scrannel Pipes of wretched straw. The hungry Sheep (the starving people of this country from 1933-39) look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. That is the Dominions... | |
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