VIII.
THE SCHOOLMASTER.
“There, in his quiet mansion, skilled to rule,
The village master taught his little school.
I knew him well, and every truant knew:
Yet he was kind; or, if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault.
The village all declared how much he knew:
'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too.”—
Goldsmith's “Deserted Village.”
