...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,...durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; Andoft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent. And all...

...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...

...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,...tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame ; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...

...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obseurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we sehool-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with bireh to tame : They grieven sore, in piteous duranee...

...some fine lines in Shenstone's School Mistress. In every village mark'd with little spire Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame; And oft times on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or...

...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,...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, "" Awed by the power of this relentless dame : And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...

...portrait of the Schoolmistress." THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS. IN every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in...pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame, And oft times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent. Near to his...

...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village marked with little spire, Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame ; And ofttimes, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...

...raark'd with little spire, Erabowefd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shades and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress...tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame, And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...

...depicted her and her scholars in these lines : In every village mark'd with little spire, EmbowerM in trees and hardly known to fame, There dwells in lowly shed and mean attire A MATRON old, whom we Sctoolmistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore in piteous durance...