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The Infant’s Delight: Poetry

by Anonymous

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Keep-Ing School

Oh, tell me if e-ver you knew
  A teach-er who looked so se-vere
As sis-ter Ma-ri-a can do,
  When les-sons she’s go-ing to hear?

Just look how she holds up her cane
  And frowns, as she threat-ens each one!
But yet they’ll not cry or com-plain,
  Be-cause it is only in fun.

The dunce’s cap Dol-ly must wear,
  Her task was not learnt very well;
And now lit-tle Jane, I de-clare,
  Pre-tends she’s un-a-ble to spell.

Yet sis-ter may hold up her cane,
  And though they’ll look so-lemn, each one,
From laugh-ter they scarce can re-frain.
  Be-cause it is only in fun.

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