...only ... in the new arrival among us of wise and worthy men" (Essays 2:394). 232.25. scrannel-pipings: "And when they list, their lean and flashy songs / Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw" (Milton, "Lycidas" 123-24). 232.27-28. 'well selected from and burnt': Carlyle refers to his discussion...

...Grate on their scrannel1 pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly...wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace and nothing said:5 But that the two-handed engine6 at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more....

...the least That to the faithfull Herdsmans art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs...inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim Woolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed, But that two-handed engine at the door,...