Fulle solemn is ye Pedagogue,

Amonge ye noisy churls,

Yet other while he hath a smile

To give ye handsome girls;

XI.

And one,—ye fayrest mayde of all,—

To cheere his wayninge life,

Shall be, when Springe ye flowers shall bringe,

Ye Pedagogue his wife!

John Godfrey Saxe.