...raark'd with little spire, Erabowefd 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,...

...depicted her and her scholars in these lines : In every village mark'd with little spire, EmbowerM in trees and hardly known to fame, There dwells in lowly shed and mean attire A MATRON old, whom we Sctoolmistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore in piteous durance...

...depicted her and her scholars in these lines : In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the pow'r of this rebellious dame, And oft-times on vagaries idly bent, For uuknempt hair, or task unconn'd,...

...whom we school-mistress name. Improved thus : In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name. The eighth stanza, in the first edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had, Was...

...whom we school-mistress name. Improved thus : In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name. The eighth stanza, in the first edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had, Was...

...whom we school-mistress name. Improved thus : In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in...attire, A matron old, whom we school-mistress name. v The eighth stanza, in thejirst edition, runs, The gown, which o'er her shoulders thrown she had,...

...name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame ; They grieven sore, in piteous durance pent, Awed by the power of this relentless dame; And oft-times,...bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent." SIIHNSTONE. She early sees to what the mind will grow, Nor abler judge of infant-powers I know;(')...

...life and Campaspe. [GREY.] THE SCHOOL MISTRESS. IN every village marked with little spire, Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells,...lowly shed, and mean attire, A matron old, whom we School Mistress name ; Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame : They grieven sore, in piteous durance...

...pension." • SHENSTONE. F1;OM THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS. 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 shent. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, . • ' And work the simple vassals mickle woe ;...

...pension." SHENSTONE. FROM THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS. 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 shent. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stowe ; Whilom...