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... Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser - Page 120by Thomas Warton - 1762 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides P. Jewett and company said ; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contusion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at tho door 1'ii) Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
| William Douglas Hamilton - Literary Criticism - 1859 - 156 pages
...the Lyeidas which was published at this very time is elearly warned of his approaching fate, Besides what the grim 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. Else he... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...with rank mist, he says, the sheep rot inwardly, and spread contagion among themselves : " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." II. IRELAND FROM 1632 TO 1638. Regarded as an exhibition of energy and genius in accomplishing... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...; 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 door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return,... | |
| Charles Stuart Calverley - 1862 - 230 pages
...But swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Kot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. Post hos, qui Galilsea regit per stagna carinas, Post hos venit iturus : habet manus utraque... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...1689, amounted to a formal renunciation of the claim of the State — on account of which * " Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." so much blood had been shed in this and the previous century — to impose religious uniformity... | |
| John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...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 door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
| 1864 - 520 pages
...But swollen 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 sed." It may be that these High-Church doctors have come nearer than they know to the true interpretation... | |
| John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...But swollen 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 door, 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return,... | |
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