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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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,...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 1

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...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,...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: In Two Volumes. Collated with the ...

William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...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,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...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 shent. And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did stove; Whilom...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try t In every village mark'd with little spire, Emhower'd in trees, and hardly known to. Fame, There dwells...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 - 418 pages
...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...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 24

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 386 pages
...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...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...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...
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