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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WARNINGS OF THE WEATHER. |
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WARNINGS OF THE WEATHER.
You rail at the sky when 'tis low'ring and dark,
Then clouds on your brow let us never remark.
You rail at the weather, unsettled and changing,
Then pray don't be fickle, unsteady, and ranging.
Then clouds on your brow let us never remark.
You rail at the weather, unsettled and changing,
Then pray don't be fickle, unsteady, and ranging.
“O, what a loud noise!” you exclaim, at the thunder;
Then pray, my dear boy, learn to keep your voice under.
The flashes of lightning, you cry, are appalling;
Then don't look so fierce when you are squabblin and squalling.
Then pray, my dear boy, learn to keep your voice under.
The flashes of lightning, you cry, are appalling;
Then don't look so fierce when you are squabblin and squalling.
You fret at the weather, when sultry and burning;
Then don't be hot-headed, all temperance spurning.
A very hard winter is not to your mind;
Then don't be hard-hearted, and cold, and unkind.
Then don't be hot-headed, all temperance spurning.
A very hard winter is not to your mind;
Then don't be hard-hearted, and cold, and unkind.
You pout when the weather is misty and hazy;
Then pray don't be sulky and stupid, and lazy.
You dislike all day long to see torrents of rain;
Then don't blubber and cry, if you feel a slight pain.
Then pray don't be sulky and stupid, and lazy.
You dislike all day long to see torrents of rain;
Then don't blubber and cry, if you feel a slight pain.
Loud, boisterous storms you can never away with;
Then don't be so rough with the boys that you play with.
You shudder to hear the loud hurricane roar;
Then pray, let us see naughty passions no more.
Then don't be so rough with the boys that you play with.
You shudder to hear the loud hurricane roar;
Then pray, let us see naughty passions no more.
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