...himself with a pencil-mark. Improved thus : — " In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd hi trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in lowly...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name." The eighth stanzn, in the first edition, runs, " The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had,...

...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 j Whilom...

...Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Knilxiwer'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 oA-timcs, on vagaries idly hunt, For unkempt hair,...

...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,...to 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...

...there in cottage known about a mile, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. Improved thus : — In every village mark'd with little spire, Kmbower'd...attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. The eighth stanza, in i\\Q first edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had,...

...himself with a pencil-mark. 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,...

...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,...school-mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with liirch to tamr; They grieven sore, in piteous durance prut, Awi'd by the power of this relentless dame...

...the teacher of a bygone age in these stanzas! 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 wu schoolmistress name; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grievous sore, in piteous...

...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, or...

...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,...