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Poems written for a child

By two friends [M. B. Smedley and E. A. Hart]
Smedley, Menella Bute (1819 or 20-1877)

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MORAL.

To Children.

Shame, disappointment, and care,
Bruises and knocks, bruises and knocks,
Such is their portion who dare
Walk arm-in-arm with a fox.
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To Foxes.

Foxes, who deal in sly blows,
Pause, if you please, pause, if you please;
Trying to pinch other toes,
May not your own get a squeeze?
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