 In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame...  English Pedagogy: Education, the School, and the Teacher, in English Literature - Page 409edited by - 1876 - 608 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...chaque village, marqué par un petit clocher, entouré d'arbres, et à peine connu de la renommée , There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire , A matron...tame. They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent; Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame ; And, oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempthair,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...dull obscurity. In ev'ry village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in tree*, and hardly known to There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the' pow'r of this relentless dame ; And oft-times on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with littie spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed,...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts uuruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame, And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent. For unkempt hair,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In ev'ry village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed...tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame, And oft times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to Fame, There dwells in lowly shed,...tame , They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame ; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...me thy clarion, goddess! let me try t In every village mark'd with little spire, Emhower'd in trees, and hardly known to. Fame, There dwells in lowly shed,...attire, A matron old, whom we School-mistress name; Who hoasts uuruly hrats with hirch to tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd hy the power... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...name , Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; And oft-times,...bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shout. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stowe; Whilom... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed,...Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieveu sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame : And oft-times, on... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieveu sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame : And oft-times, on vagaries...unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom a... | |
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