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MOEAL PHILOSOPHY FOB LITTLE FOLKS. 1 Little grains of rhubarb, v Spatula'd with skill, Make the mighty bolus And tho little pill. Little pence and halfpence Hoarded up by stealth, Make the mighty total. Of the miser's wealth Little sprees on oysters, Bottled stout, and ale, Lead but to the cloisters Of the gloomy gaol. Little tracts and tractlets, Scattered here and there Lead the sinner's footsteps To the house of prayer. Litfcle bits of paper, Headed 1.0. U., Ever draw the Christian Closer to the Jew. Little chords and octaves, Little flats and sharps, Make the tunes the angels Played on golden harps. Little bonts with broomsticks, Carving forks and knives, Make the stirring drama Of our married lives. Little flakes of soapsuds, - Glenfield starch, and bine, Make the saints' white shirt frontf, And tho sinners' too. Little tiny insects, Smaller than a flea, Make the coral islands In the Southern Sea. Little social falsehoods, Such as " Not at home," Lead to realms ef darkness, Where the wicked roam. Likewise little cuss words. Such as "blast" and ("blow. 1* Quite as much as wuss words, Fill the place below. J*T ' '
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4592, 22 September 1883, Page 1
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193Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4592, 22 September 1883, Page 1
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