Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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BEHAVIOUR AT MEALS. |
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BEHAVIOUR AT MEALS.
At meals my dear boy must be good and obedient,
Nor must he be ever requesting to taste
Each savoury dish and expensive ingredient,
Nor play with his dinner and half of it waste.
Nor must he be ever requesting to taste
Each savoury dish and expensive ingredient,
Nor play with his dinner and half of it waste.
At table he never must whisper and giggle;
He gently may smile but not noisily laugh.
Nor fidget about and reach over and wriggle,
Nor must he expect wine and porter to quaff.
He gently may smile but not noisily laugh.
Nor fidget about and reach over and wriggle,
Nor must he expect wine and porter to quaff.
Content he must be with plain nourishing diet,
His drink must be water, and milk from the cow;
He ought to be thankful to those who supply it—
He's not even able to earn his salt now.
His drink must be water, and milk from the cow;
He ought to be thankful to those who supply it—
He's not even able to earn his salt now.
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