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 Schoolmistress name... Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young - Side 328redigeret af - 1810Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Charles Henry Winston, Richard M. Smith, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John Patrick McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1872 - 650 sider
...my mind, and perhaps to some others present: "In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...the power of this relentless dame; And, oft-times on yagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent, The noises intermixed, which... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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,... | |
| John Earle - 1871 - 644 sider
...the following, from the eighteenth century. ' 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.' William Shenstone... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 sider
...village mark'd with little spire Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lonely shed 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 ofttimes, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair or... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 sider
...mark'd with little spire, Embowered 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,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 sider
...obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fama There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name ; Who hoasts unmly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 sider
...Lost in the dreary shades of dull obseuritv. Ill every village inark'd with little spire, Embower'd urchyard cottage 1 Dwell near them with my mother." " You say that two profound, And eyes her fairy throng, and turns her A matron old, whom we schoolmistress I wheel around.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 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,... | |
| James Edward Geoffrey De Montmorency - 1902 - 412 sider
...Some extracts from this poem will be of value. " In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...Schoolmistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; And at the door inprisoning board is seen, Lest weakly wights of smaller size should stray, Eager,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 sider
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village marked with little spire, Embowered te of Parties at the Reformation in England. The friends...asserted that nothing could be more absurd than to co Ixjasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power... | |
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