...and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and ire not fed ; But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 1 1 5. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand...

...I 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...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 1 1 5. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand...

...I 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...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." 115. Cowper, Task, II. : — " He that negotiates between God and mant As God's ambassador, the grand...

...! What recks it them t What need they 1 They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw....door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more." What did Milton mean by the last two lines ? What that metaphorical " two-handed engine " which was...

...' 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...privy paw ' Daily devours apace, and nothing said.' " Let us think over this passage, and examine its words. First, is it not singular to find Milton assigning...

...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1 2 5 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw,...nothing said ; But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...

...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw,...said ; — But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus ! the dread voice is past, That...

...straw. The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Eot inwardly and foul contagion spread, Besides what the...door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more." What did Milton mean by the last two lines ? What was that metaphorical " two-handed engine " which...

...on their scrannel-pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite onee, and smite no more." Return, AJphens, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams ; return,...

...need they ? They are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel5 pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up,...door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. « The Cam. 3 " The pilot of the Galilean lake" is » The Hyacinth ; supposed to bear the St. Peter....