Social Commentaries

On a School-Master.

by Thomas Jordan c. 1612–1685

From Divinity and Morality in Robes of Poetry ([1660?])

Social Commentaries

A Country Pedant of soul soft and silly,
(Whose reading nere exceeded William Lilly
In's Ranks and Files of Substantives) began
His Brags to a more learned Countryman,
And said, he took a Child the other day,
From women-tutors, which (e're long) should say
His Grammer Rules by heart, and (in two years)
He'd make him a good Scholar; th' other fleers,
And tnswers him agen, Come Doctor, come,
You know that Charity begins at home.

MLA

Jordan, Thomas. “On a School-Master.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/84/.

Chicago

Jordan, Thomas. “On a School-Master.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/84/.

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