 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1z5 But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the door, 1 30 Stands ready to... | |
 | 1911 - 518 pages
...their schools. But their pulpit ministrations are vapid beyond bearing : ' Their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.' No one who has been accustomed to attend the services of the Presbyterian Church can be surprised... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...they ? They.are sped ; " And when they list, their lean and flashy songs " Grate on their scrannal pipes of wretched straw. " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, " Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; " Besides... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, Butswoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw; Daily devours apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the dcor, Stands ready to smite... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind...they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' t • I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue; that, in truth,... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 392 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom t ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind-;...they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue ; that, in truth, he... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...it them > what need they ? Tb«y are sped : And when they list, their lean and flash !y songs Crate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But-swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The...spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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...spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw j The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, liuf , swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Betides what the .mini wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed : But that two-handed... | |
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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 said : But that two-handed engine at the... 
