THE YOUNG SCHOOLMA'AM'S SOLILOQUY.
How SAveet it is to instruct the infant 1 ,1 mind ! k| (" Teacher, Jim's poking me behind.") kJ| To watch the intellect like a bud unfold : Im (' l Say, mayn't I warm my hands 1 They 'ro ll cold.") A m Teach tiny feet to walk in Wisdom's path, fm (" Mith Thmith, pleath hear the pimer &| clath.") fj| Guileless and fresh, and innocent and fan, [J'S (" Bell Brown's a pullin' of my hair.") if| Earnest, young souls for me to guide Aj aright : "7| (" Schoolmarm, Bob says he's gwine to Ai fight.") | Eager young minds that must be taught j to think. . ;L (" I'm sirsty ; can't I have a drink?") J Truly my hnes havo fallen in pleasant A'i places. Al (" Teacher, Polly Jane's making faces.") Jl Oh, my, there's John, fixed up from tip yJ 1 to toes ! \;A Those stupid young ones ! Well, it's time \ I to close ! Elsie Vernon. J
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Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 135, 9 February 1877, Page 2
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157THE YOUNG SCHOOLMA'AM'S SOLILOQUY. Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 135, 9 February 1877, Page 2
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