| Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...bay of Tarentum ; the luxury and effeminacy of its inhabitants were proverbial. " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw." Lycidas. Crathis is a river near Sybaris. " It is none enterprise to men forbid."— P. 44. OuTiv itgiv... | |
| Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...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...wretched 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... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on then- 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 inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...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...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... | |
| Richard Warner - 1840 - 88 pages
...motives of action : and to enjoin, 1 . ' r. " Who, when they list, their lean and flashy songs i . 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, and foul contagion spread."... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...herdman's art belongs! 121 What recks it them Î What need they i They are sped ; And, when they list, quity from the old schools of Greece To testify the...Chastity? Hence had the huntress Dian her dread bow not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1841 - 632 pages
...Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Hut, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...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...wretched 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... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ! They are sped; And, when they list, cause Far better than consulting laws. In a glad hour Lucina's aid Produc'd not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...herdmnn's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And, when they list, -eE 0 _R6 1 ߡ % r not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
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