 | English poems - 1870 - 722 lehte
...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,...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... | |
 | Francis Davenant - 1870 - 354 lehte
...reward of the undertakers of the sacred office. Milton, in his Lycidas, painted them when he wrote — " How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep hook, or have learn 'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs." Again... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1871 - 474 lehte
...names in Florence. 107. Milton, Lycidas, 113 : — " How well could I have spued for tbee, young twain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 lehte
...swain, Enow of such as, for their bellies' sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ! 115 Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...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 ?... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 lehte
...young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold ! 115 Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how...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... | |
 | 1871 - 476 lehte
...metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) ; He shook his mitered locks, and stern bespake: How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what... | |
 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 lehte
...there is introduced one supposed to be spoken by St. Peter, as the representative of the Church : — " How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learnt aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 668 lehte
...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,...scarce themselves know how to hold A sheephook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 lehte
...the iron shuts amain,) He shook his mitred locks, and stem bespake, ' How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, ' Enow of such as for their...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 ?... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 lehte
...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,...shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest j Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the... | |
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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... 
