 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1z5 But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides...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... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; " Besides...what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily devours a pace ; and nothing said, " But that two-handed engine at the door, " Stands ready to smite once,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Butswoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides...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... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 392 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom t ' 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 !' I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun,... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom ' 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 !' t • I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...least That to the faithful herdman's art bejongs 1 What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...not fed 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...mouths! that scarce themselves know how t» hold What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...not fed 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... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...Gospel. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swolfn with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides...; 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 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 j The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, liuf , swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...least 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...straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what... | |
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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, and the rank mist... 
