 | 1806 - 408 sider
...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 old, whom we School-Mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 sider
...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 old, whom we school-mistress name ; "Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame. They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent; Aw'd by... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 sider
...espy, Lost in 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,...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sider
...espy Lost in 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,...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 sider
...espy, Lost in 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...attire, A matron old, whom we School-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame , They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 sider
...espy, Lost in 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,...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieveu sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 sider
...espy, Lost in 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...attire, A matron old, whom we School-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 sider
...espy Lost in 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...attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 494 sider
...old, whom we school-mistress name. Improved thus: In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name. The eighth stanza, in the first edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had, Was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by... | |
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In every village marked with little spire. Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name... 
