 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 194by Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 429 pagesFull view - About this book
 | National gallery - 1869 - 208 pages
...DAME'S SCHOOL. " 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...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 - 300 pages
...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,... | |
 | Mark Mills Pomeroy - 1869 - 292 pages
...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... | |
 | 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 pages
...present: "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 yagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...obscurity. 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...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,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1893 - 990 pages
...tool, the more skill needed in its safe use.4 The dame's school needed nothing better than Shenstone's Matron old, whom we schoolmistress name, Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame. fore another school was started. His own finally failed for lack of support. Previous to the rejection... | |
 | John Earle - 1871 - 644 pages
...century. ' 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,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
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