 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 - Page 328redigeeritud poolt - 1810Full view - About this book
 | 1806 - 408 lehte
...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...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, or task unconn'd,... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 lehte
...chaque village, marqué par un petit clocher, entouré d'arbres, et à peine connu de la renommée , There dwells, in lowly shed, and mean attire , A matron...grieven sore, in piteous durance pent; Aw'd by the pow'r of this relentless dame ; And, oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempthair, or taskunconn'd,... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 lehte
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with littie spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent. And all in sight doth rise a birchin tree, Which learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 lehte
...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 durance 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,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In ev'ry village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...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, or task unconn'd,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 lehte
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...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 lehte
...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...pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame, And oft times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent , And all in... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 lehte
...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 vagaries...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 stowe ; Whilom... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 lehte
...espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to Fame, There dwells in...bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely sheni. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 lehte
...espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd 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... | |
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