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" 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 : Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame... "
Poésie, versification [etc - Page 194
by Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 429 pages
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...dull obscurity. In ev'ry village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in tree*, and hardly known to There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron...relentless dame ; And oft-times on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shout , And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...obscurity. In every village mark'd with littie spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron...grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd,...
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The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: In Two Volumes. Collated with the ...

William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts uuruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous...relentless dame, And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent. For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shcnt. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...obscurity. In ev'ry 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...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, are sorely shent. And all in...
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Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Kmbower'd in trees, and hardly known to Fame, There dwells in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron...grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...me try t In every village mark'd with little spire, Emhower'd in trees, and hardly known to. Fame, There dwells in lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we School-mistress name; Who hoasts uuruly hrats with hirch to tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd hy the power...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...obscurity. 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...Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieveu sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame : And oft-times, on...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 24

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 pages
...Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame , They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame, And oft times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...Obscurity. 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...grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame ; And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...obscurity. 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...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...
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