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ACROSTICS, INSCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER VERSES
ACROSTIC
Little maidens, when you look
On this little story-book,
Reading with attentive eye
Its enticing history,
Never think that hours of play
Are your only HOLIDAY,
And that in a HOUSE of joy
Lessons serve but to annoy :
If in any HOUSE you find
Children of a gentle mind.
Each the others pleasing ever —
Each the others vexing never —
Daily work and pastime daily
In their order taking gaily —
Then be very sure that they
Have a life of HOLIDAY.
Christmas 1861.
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