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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... "
Twelve years' Queen's scholarship questions - Page 18
by Education Ministry of - 1882
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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 old, whom we School-Mistress...tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the' pow'r of this relentless dame ; And oft-times on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...
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Poésie, versification [etc

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...un petit clocher , entouré d'arbres , et à peine connu de la renommée ? There dwells , in lowly shed, and mean attire , A matron old , whom we school-mistress...tame. They grieven sore , in piteous durance pent ; Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame ; And , oft-times , on vagaries idly bent , Forunkempthair,...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...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 old, whom we school-mistress...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,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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-mistress...tame; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame, And oft times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...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-mistress...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,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...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-mistress...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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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...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-mistress...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,...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly @X7/ W7/` 6/ Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame; Andoft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...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,...
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