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FOR CHILDREN
75
Charles Augustus
Fortescue,
Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune.
The nicest child I ever knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortescue,
He never lost his cap, or tore
His stockings or his pinafore:
In eating Bread he made no Crumbs,
To which, however, he preferred
The Parsing of a Latin Word—
He sought, when it was in his power,
For information twice an hour,
