 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 - Pàgina 194per Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 429 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1806 - 408 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pàgines
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pàgines
...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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