| John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...songs Grate on then- scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 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... | |
| Benjamin Hanbury - 1841 - 628 pages
...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, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing... | |
| John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 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... | |
| Richard Warner - 1840 - 88 pages
...list, their lean and flashy songs i . 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, and foul contagion spread." LYCIDAS. May not some of the unamiable ; reproachful ; and degrading traits,... | |
| 1840 - 372 pages
...their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look on, and are not fed, 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... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...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, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing... | |
| 1861 - 980 pages
...and flashy •ongs Grate on the scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and ore not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly, and foul contagion spread.'* Richard Baxter paints an equally dark picture of the Shropshire... | |
| James Heywood Markland - 1842 - 186 pages
...additional number of Churches for the countless multitudes, " the hungry sheep," who, in that vast city, -look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread 1. To this eminent example of Episcopal zeal, watchfulness, and activity,... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...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, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what the grim wolf, with privy paw, Daily devours apace, and nothing... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry g, I and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing... | |
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