WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN

A

CHILD should always say what's true

And speak when he is spoken to,

And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.

ΤΗ HE rain is raining all around, Tit falls on field and tree,

It

It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.

TH

PIRATE STORY

HREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,

Three of us aboard in the basket on the

lea.

Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,

And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.

Where shall we adventure, to-day that we're afloat.

Wary of the weather and steering by a star?

Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat, To Providence, or Babylon, or off to Malabar?

Hi! but here's a squadron a-rowing on the

sea

Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a

roar!

Quick, and we'll escape them, they're as

mad as they can be,

The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.

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FOREIGN LANDS

P into the cherry tree

Who should climb but little me?

I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands.

I saw the next door garden lie,
Adorned with flowers, before my eye,
And many pleasant places more
That I had never seen before.

I saw the dimpling river pass
And be the sky's blue looking-glass;
The dusty roads go up and down
With people tramping in to town.

If I could find a higher tree
Farther and farther I should see,
To where the grown-up river slips
Into the sea among the ships.

To where the roads on either hand
Lead onward into fairy land,
Where all the children dine at five,
And all the playthings come alive.