 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...twain; — IIO 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... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 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... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold! 11» 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 herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...t— to elotnb this tint grand thief Into Ood'i fold ; go since into his church l»wd ulreUngs climb. 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 * What... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 pages
...opes, the iron shuts amain), He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake, How well could I have sparM for thee, young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies'...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... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 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,...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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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,...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... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1866 - 154 pages
...opes, the iron shuts amain), He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake, How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies'...themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else, the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs I What recks it them ? What... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 306 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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 782 pages
...Jacopo. and Bindi of Aldobrandi, both familiar names in Florence. 107. Milton, Lytidas, 113: — ** 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... | |
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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... 
