 | Jane and Ann Taylor: Original Poems for Infant Minds |  |
READING.
“And so you do not like to spell,
Mary, my dear; oh, very well:
'Tis dull and troublesome, you say,
And you would rather be at play.
Mary, my dear; oh, very well:
'Tis dull and troublesome, you say,
And you would rather be at play.
“Then I shall go at once, and look
For Mary's pretty story-book;
The poems, and the hymns to say,
Yes, I must take them all away.
For Mary's pretty story-book;
The poems, and the hymns to say,
Yes, I must take them all away.
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“Nay, do not fret, 'twere strange indeed
To like your books, and not to read!
And if you do not wish to spell,
To have no books will be as well.”
To like your books, and not to read!
And if you do not wish to spell,
To have no books will be as well.”
Poor Mary sighed with grief and shame,
And soon a tear of sorrow came!
She promised now, with humble looks,
To learn to read her pretty books.
And soon a tear of sorrow came!
She promised now, with humble looks,
To learn to read her pretty books.
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