The Schoolmistress.
Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblems right meet of decency does yield.
JOHN BROWN.
1715-1766.
Barbarossa. Act. v. Sc. 3.
Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour
Serves but to brighten all our future days.