 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...on their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftrawi The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing fed : 128. Bejides what... | |
 | Jean Claude - 1788 - 564 pages
...Grate on their fcrannel pipe of Wretched ftraw ; The hungry /beep look up and are not fed, But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, " Rot inwardly and foul contagion fpread, &c. LyciJaf. And thus Dry Jen. Triumphant plenty with a chearful grace, Balks in their eyes and fparkles... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the door, 1 30 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Their... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...fongs Grate on their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw; The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, iz5 But fwoll'n with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foal contagion fpread : Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace; and nothing... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw ; " The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, 1 25 " But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : " Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily devours apace, and nothing fed : htrtlman (not... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1793 - 388 pages
...on their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw ; The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : Befides what the grim woolf with privy paw VOL. I. D Daily devours apace ; and nothing fed. But that... | |
 | 1793 - 376 pages
...on their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw; The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, ii5 But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread: Befides what the grim woolf with privy paw VOL. I. D .Daily devours apace; and nothing fed, But that... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 272 pages
...fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw. The hungry fheep look up, and are not fed, But fwoln wich wired, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : Befides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing faid, But But that two-handed... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...fongs Grate on their fcrannel pipes of wretched ftraw j The hungry fhecp look up, and are not fed, But fwoll'n with wind, and the rank mift they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fprcad ; Befides what the grim wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace ; and nothing laid, But that... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...At least I can think of no sense so proper to be given to the following verses in Lycidas. 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 smire once, and smice no more. About... | |
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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... 
