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,... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Página 466de John Milton - 1857 - 570 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Bell - 1788 - 628 páginas
...their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1z5 But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...devours apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the door, 1 30 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Their bells, and flourets of... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 páginas
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Butswoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...devours apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the dcor, Stands ready to smite once, and smiie no more. Return Alpheus, the dread voice is... | |
| David Simpson - 1810 - 422 páginas
...country, unless we live in the spirit of the Gospel. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swolfn with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...; and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at tlie door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." These words of MILTON are certainly severe,... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 páginas
...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,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 418 páginas
...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,...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
| John Milton - 1812 - 78 páginas
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return Alphèus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams ; return Sicilian Muse, And call the vales,... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 270 páginas
...on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, l~But, swoIPn with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door, 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more/1 Return. Alphetts, the dread voice is past. That... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 546 páginas
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hot swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. MILTOX. This is not merely a poetical exaggeration. Soon after the'se lines were written, a polite... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; Tin- hungry shuep look up, and arc not fed, But, swoln he history ; Knough, that Virtue fill'd the space...being, to have been. When Hopkins dies, a thousand sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 1.10 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return,... | |
| John Fry - 1822 - 618 páginas
...on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; But, swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said, &c. CHAPTER LVII. 1. THE righteous hath perished ' from off the earth,' But no man considereth : t... | |
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