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A B C.
Oh! thou Alpha, Beta row,
Fun and freedom's earliest foe;
Shall I e'er forget the primer,
Thumb'd beside some Mrs. Trimmer,—
While mighty problem held me fast,
To know if Z were first or last?
And all Pandora had for me
Was emptied forth in A B C.

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