 | 1811 - 566 pages
...reck'ning make', Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest j Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! 'What recks it them,' &c.... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...themselves know how to A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them? what need they?...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 swoll'n... | |
 | 1812 - 540 pages
...Book: 8. rians disavow and repudiate them,) we have no reluctance to declare our intolerable disgust. Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...the fold ? US Of other care they little reckoning make, Thau how to scramble at the shearers'1 feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn 'd augbt else the least 12* That to the faithful herdinan's art belongs! What recks it them ?... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 560 pages
...niskn, puritans, greatly oppressed on account of their Than how to scramble at the shearers feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! "What recks H them ? what... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 546 pages
...how to hold A sheep-hook, or have Icarn'd ought > !•<• the 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 fl.ishy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 538 pages
...sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks rt 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...sheep.hook, ar have learn'd angbt ebe the least 120 That to the faithfnl herdman's art belongs ! WhBt recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scraanel pipes of wretched straw ; The hnngry sheep look np, and are not fed, 12& Bnt,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...into the fold ! Of other care they little reck'ning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves knowhow to hold [least A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the That to the faithful htrdman's... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at die shearers' feast, d her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time...seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What reeks it them? What... | |
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Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have... 
