Admits no change, or changes but the boy;
Yet time has made it easy;—he beside
Has power supreme, and power is sweet to pride.
But grant him pleasure;—what can teachers feel,
Dependent helpers always at the wheel?
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Their power despised, their compensation small,
Their labour dull, their life laborious all;
Set after set, the lower lads to make
Fit for the class which their superiors take;