...they list, their lean and flashy songs Orate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind,...spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Doily devours apace, and nothing said." Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First,...

...know how to hold 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?...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot...

...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...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : — But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more " Return,...

...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What...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...

...Radit stridentem stipulis. Pastore negato Suspicit segra pecus : vento gravis ac lue tracta But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus,...

...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...sped; And when they list their lean and flashy songs no Two] ' In either band she held a massie key, . . . The one of beaten burnish'd gold, .... That in...

...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,...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper,...

...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What...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,...

...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs. What recks...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." Let it be remembered, that Milton wrote this. of a period...

...and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and ire not fed ; But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they...with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 1 1 5. Cowper,...