 | Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 |  |
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MADAME VESTRIS'S ANSWER TO THE ALPHABET.
Dear friends! although no more a dunce
Than many of my betters,
I'm puzzled to reply at once
To four-and-twenty letters.
Than many of my betters,
I'm puzzled to reply at once
To four-and-twenty letters.
Perhaps you'll think that may not be
So hard a thing to do,
For what is difficult to me
Is A B C to you.
So hard a thing to do,
For what is difficult to me
Is A B C to you.
However, pray dismiss your fears,
Nor fancy you have lost me,
Though many, many bitter tears
Your first acquaintance cost me.
Nor fancy you have lost me,
Though many, many bitter tears
Your first acquaintance cost me.
Believe me, till existence ends,
Whatever ills beset you,
My oldest literary friends,
I never can forget you.
Whatever ills beset you,
My oldest literary friends,
I never can forget you.
| Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | |