 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 ready to smite once, and smite no more " Return,... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return,... | |
 | Thomas Hornblower Gill - Papacy - 1866 - 536 pages
...starved sheep of the Anglican fold, neglected by slothful and heedless shepherds, he adds — Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace and nothing said," 31 These lines clearly indicate the stealthy operations of the Roman Church in England during... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 306 pages
...But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 pages
...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 ready to smite once, and smite no more." 1 1 5.... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 pages
...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 its words. First, is it not singular to find Milton... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 782 pages
...But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 Sunds ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper,... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot 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 ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Beside what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return,... | |
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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 and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly... 
