 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...bidden guest j Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's...; 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheephook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What...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 Ruskin - 1871 - 212 pages
...how to hold ' A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else, the least ' That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! ' What recks it them ? What need they...' 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1 2 5 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 630 pages
...aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them t What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and...straw. 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... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and...straw. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Eot inwardly and foul contagion spread, Besides what the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...learn'il aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What rex-ks it them' Wtiat need they? They are sped And, when they list, their...wretched straw: The hungry sheep look up. and are not fed; 125 But, swolu with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 136 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 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...straw, 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... | |
 | John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 608 pages
...themselves know how to hold A Sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought els the least That to the faithfull Herdmans art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they...straw, 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... | |
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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 scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln... 
