 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...clouds are Eternal sunshine settles on its head. [spread, Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There,...Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...blossom'd furze unprofitably guy, 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 his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling- round, Convey'd the dismal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom "d furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion,...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 pages
...Character of a Country Schoolmaster. BESIDE yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With bloMom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion...well they 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the the shore: While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile,...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, his jokes, for many a joke had be; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...Eternal sunshme settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion...well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd the dismal tidings... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom' d furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion,...Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...Schoolmaster. BESIDE yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay. ••1 There, in his noisy mansion skill'd to rule, The village...well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes — for many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 pages
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There,...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... | |
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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With 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 stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant... 
