 | 1862 - 802 pages
...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." Now, the removal of such men from its ministry was one of the greatest blessings which could be conferred... | |
 | 1846 - 844 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But fed with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly...privy paw, Daily devours apace and nothing said ; But the two- handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Milton had already,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 402 pages
...hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, MILTON. " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : " Besides...nothing said : " But that two-handed engine at the door " Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,12 That... | |
 | 1846 - 906 pages
...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, and foul contagion spread. You will not understand me as advising that you should, in no case whatever, consent to attend a public... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...Orate 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,...nothing said ; But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smites no more." Here he next wrote his treatise, Of Practical Episcopacy,... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, & the rank mist they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion...nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, & smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is pass'd, That shrunk... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, l! But, swoln wi.Ii wind, and ilia rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion...apace, and nothing said, But that two-handed engine ut the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1879 - 566 pages
..." The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly and foul contagion spread : Besides what...privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." DBB (3* 8. ix. 257 ; x. 258 ; 5"- 8. xi. 259, 458.) " Who would not rather trust and be deceived,"... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed; But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Wrought inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...; " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ; " But swoln with wind and the rank mist they drav " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; " Besides...nothing said : " But that two-handed engine at the door " Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades,... | |
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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 grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. — But that two-handed engine at the... 
