The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag/To My Grandchild-Teacher, Miss Martha Hoag
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To My Grandchild-Teacher, Miss Martha Hoag
Age 7
At eve my teacher oft is seen,
With lifted rule and haughty mien,
Intent to drive each knotty truth
Into the head of gray-haired youth!
With lifted rule and haughty mien,
Intent to drive each knotty truth
Into the head of gray-haired youth!
Hard rows of figures I must try,
Nor can I pass the grammar by;
Th' imperious miss with scornful hand
Bids grandpa mind each stern command!
Nor can I pass the grammar by;
Th' imperious miss with scornful hand
Bids grandpa mind each stern command!
Her finger points the narrow way,
And pupils cannot but obey;
Thus I am forced those things to know
I slighted four score years ago!
And pupils cannot but obey;
Thus I am forced those things to know
I slighted four score years ago!
1921