 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 lehte
...settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule!...tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in bis morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 lehte
...settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom "d furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,...every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn 'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...Country Schoolmaster. BESIDE yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With bloMom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion skill'd to rule,...laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes — (or many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 lehte
...settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, be; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 lehte
...fence that skirts the way. With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay. There, in his noisy mansion sfcjll'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers leam'il to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh 'd with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 lehte
...settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion) skill'd to rule,...severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and ev'ry truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning... | |
 | 1826 - 300 lehte
...settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,...stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; AVell had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 lehte
...fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school:...every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 lehte
...Schoolmaster. — IB. BESIDE yon straggling fence that skirts the W'tb blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,...disasters in his morning face : Full well they laugh'd, and counterfeited glee,. At all his jokes — for many a joke had he; full well the busy whisper, circling... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 lehte
...blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village-master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and...Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all hia jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal... | |
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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant... 
