Unlike the whispering of the nymphs, this noise

Loudly proclaims a "boarding-school for boys."

The master heeds it not, for thirty years

Have render'd all familiar to his ears;

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He sits in comfort, 'mid the various sound

Of mingled tones for ever flowing round;

Day after day he to his task attends—

Unvaried toil, and care that never ends.

Boys in their works proceed; while his employ