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| George Crabbe - 1839 - 342 sider
...step first made to colleges and halls. (1) ** In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to Fame ; There dwells...unruly brats with birch to tame They grieven sore, in piteouc durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame ; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent,... | |
| 1845 - 472 sider
...as food for contemplation : and when the child has left the fostering care, and has escaped from " A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame !" and has passed through the " boys' school," at length issuing to " win his fortune in a world of... | |
| George Crabbe - 1839 - 344 sider
...The step first made to colleges and halls. (1) " In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to Fame ; There dwells...unruly brats with birch to tame They grieven sore, in piteouti durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame ; And oft•times, on vagaries idly... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 sider
...Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, /ost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. in every Tillage mark'd with little spire, Kmbower'd in trees, and...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the pow'r of this relentless dame : \nd oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, [shent. or unkempt... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village marked with little spire, Embowered le in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge...lord of thee, and arbiter of war : These are thy * gricven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame ; And ofttunes, on... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village marked with little spire, Embowered d what a heart must I have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did паше ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent,... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 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,...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, or task unconn'd,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 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,...bent, For 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... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 sider
...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 oft-times on vagaries idly bent, *-' For unkempt hair,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...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,... | |
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