 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake : How well could I have spar'd for tfiee, young swniu, Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep, and...guest ; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how in hoKl A sheep-hook, or have learned ought else the leuiil, That to the faithful herdman's art belongs... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain), He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake : " How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...the execution of Laud. The passage is curious : " How well conld I have spared for thee, young swaiu. Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and...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 recks it them? What... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) ; He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake, shearer's feast, And shove away the worthy, bidden guest ; [hold Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...young swain, Enow of iucu as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold f Of other care they little reckoning make Than how...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 t What... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...:— So clomb this first grand thief lulu God's laid; So since Into his church lewd hirelings climb. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...A sheep-hook, or have leam'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them 1 What need they * They are sped... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...and stern bespake : ' How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as, for then- bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs 1 What recks it them ? What... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...mitred locks and stern hespake : ' How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of euch as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and...feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind months ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...the river Cam, on the bonlera of which was the University of Cambridge, where Lycidas was educated. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them? What... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shirts amain') He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake ; " How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...little reckoning make, " Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast, " And shove away the worthy bidden guest; " Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves... | |
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How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden... 
