 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1867 - 360 pàgines
...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 need they ? They are sped ; But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pàgines
...reckoning 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 learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pàgines
...reckoning 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 learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdmau's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need... | |
 | 1869 - 974 pàgines
...modern one by Arthur Cayley, 1808. DUE COLLEGIATE COUBSB. (Dnr Collegiate Course. LYCIDAS : A MONODY. Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them P What need... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pàgines
...reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearer's 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 herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pàgines
...reckoning 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 learned aught else the least no That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pàgines
...reckoning 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 learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 pàgines
...reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest 1 Blind 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 I What recks it them ? What need they... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pàgines
...reckoning 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 learned aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pàgines
...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 sheephook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them ?... | |
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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... 
