 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 328redigert av - 1810Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 sider
...Meditations, XIv. THOMAS FULLER. SCHOOL. A Country 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,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1864 - 494 sider
...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...lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistresa name." The eighth stanza, in the first edition, runs, " The gown, which o'er her shoulders... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 sider
...mischievous emprize: »Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise of merit, ere it dies j Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame j And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 sider
...was his Schoolmistress. Here is an extract : — 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,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1866 - 570 sider
...whom we schoolmistress name. Improved thus : — In every village mart'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. The eighth stanza, in ibe first edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had, Was... | |
 | William Shenstone - 1868 - 328 sider
...fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed bj the power of this relentless dame, And ofttimes, on...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 stow, Whilom... | |
 | National gallery - 1869 - 208 sider
...VERNON COLLECTION. No. 427. A DAME'S SCHOOL. " In every village marked with little spire, Embowered 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 ofttimes on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or... | |
 | Mark Mills Pomeroy - 1869 - 292 sider
...Brick, say—• "In every village marked with litue spire, Embowered in trees and hardly known to fame, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame/' Taming is good—tanning would be better! We think of the past—of the little boyish days when, just... | |
 | Mark Mills Pomeroy - 1869 - 300 sider
...Brick, say — " In every village marked with little spire, Embowere^ in trees and hardly known to fame, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name, "Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame." Taming is good — tanning would be better 1 We think of. the past — of the little boyish days when,... | |
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