 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 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 herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 lehte
...metals twain (Tho golden opes, the iron shuts amain), Ho 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 Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 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... | |
 | 1876 - 508 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... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 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 learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 lehte
...metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain,) He shook his mitcred locks, and stern bespnkp : "How well could I have spared for thee, young swain,...guest ; Blind mouths ! that scarce themselves know howto hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs... | |
 | John Milton - 1877 - 48 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 learn'd aught else the least 1 20 no Two massy teym, Ac. See St. Matthew's Gosp. c. xvi., where the... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 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 learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What... | |
 | 1878 - 446 lehte
...shook his mitr'd locks, and stern bespake. ' How well couP I have spared for thoe, young swain * E 2 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 herdsman's art belongs! "What recks it them? What... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 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 learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What... | |
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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... 
