Rhymes for the nursery By the authors of "Original Poems" [i.e. Ann Taylor]. Twenty-seventeenth edition |
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Working.
Well, now I will sit down, and work very fast,
And try if I can't be a good girl at last:
Tis better than being so sulky and haughty,
I'm really quite tired of being so naughty.
And try if I can't be a good girl at last:
Tis better than being so sulky and haughty,
I'm really quite tired of being so naughty.
For, as mamma says, when my business is done,
There's plenty of time left to play and to run:
But when 'tis my work-time, I ought to sit still,
I know that I ought, and I certainly will.
There's plenty of time left to play and to run:
But when 'tis my work-time, I ought to sit still,
I know that I ought, and I certainly will.
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But for fear, after all, I should get at my play,
I'll put my wax-doll in the closet away;
And I'll not look to see what the kitten is doing,
Nor yet think of any thing now but my sewing.
I'll put my wax-doll in the closet away;
And I'll not look to see what the kitten is doing,
Nor yet think of any thing now but my sewing.
I'm sorry I've idled so often before,
But I hope I shall never do so any more:
Mamma will be pleased when she sees how I mend,
And have done this long seam from beginning to end!
But I hope I shall never do so any more:
Mamma will be pleased when she sees how I mend,
And have done this long seam from beginning to end!
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