...least 120 That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs...wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fad; 125 But, swoin with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...

...? what need they ? they are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs 242 SUMMER JULY. swollen with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what...

...least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them t What need they s They are sped ; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and an not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread,;...

...to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them 1 What need they 1 They are sped; An^l, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate...wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up. and are not fed 5 125 But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contusion spread...

...belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are Sped; And when they lift, their lean andjiashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched sTraw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed. But sworn with wind, and the rank misJ they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion tyread: Besides what...

...for the protection of all animals. He thought often of the moving lines from John Milton: The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swol'n with wind,...they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... A great poem about a shepherd. Feed my lambs, feed my sheep, John Sleaford told himself. I know my...

...Swain', and Camus's speech, firmly indicate such a context. At the same time, bad poets are indicted. 'And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw.' (lines 113-4) Although the revolutionary indictment of the 'corrupted Clergy' is the foregrounded reading,...

...che le pecorelle, che non sanno, tornan del pasco pasciute di vento. (Paradiso 29, 107-08) The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw. (Lycidas, 125-26) There is, of course, much in Dante's Catholicism that proves incompatible with Milton's...

...voiced as early a the Seventh Prolusion. Christian priests could either pursue their own wicked fancies, "and when they list, their lean and flashy songs / Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw" (123-24); or they, like Milton at Horton and Hammersmith, could apply themselves "to know God aright."...

...least 120 That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Retum...