 | Benjamin Hanbury - 1841 - 628 pages
...Edward, son of Sir John King, Knt., Secretary for Ireland, was drowned Aug. 10, 1637, aged 25. II. C 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... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - 1841 - 634 pages
...the fold ? Of other care, they little reck'ning make, 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 aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! • Hist. lib. i. * Written... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 834 pages
...the fold Î Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, courges of mankind ; Bred up in ignorance and sloth, And every vice that nurses both. learn'd aught else the least That to die faithful herdman's art belongs! 121 What recks it them Î... | |
 | Benjamin Hanbury - 1841 - 634 pages
...the fold ? Of other care, they little reck'ning make, 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 learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! •... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...into the fold ? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, in the female kind, Where leam'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...into the fold ! Of other care they little reckoning make, 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 aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...into the fold ? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New 1o hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdmnn's art belongs... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold " A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! " What..." 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, "... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...fold ? " Of other cares they little reckoning make, " 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 aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! " What recks it them? What... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...fold ? " Of other cares they little reckoning make, " Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, " And shove away the worthy bidden guest; * " Blind...themselves know how to hold " A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least " That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! » "What recks it them?... | |
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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... 
