It ought to be Master Tom, and he to be Birched.
"Caught in a Trap"
John C. Hutcheson
She would smile on if both were being Birched.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
As when the gloomy pedagogue has concluded his exhortation, statistics Birched the land.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith