Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Delightful
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot,
To pour the fresh instruction o’er the mind,
To breathe the enliv’ning spirit, and to fix
The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Thomson.—Spring, Line 1149.