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the schoolmistress.
THE SCHOOLMISTRESS.
"HOW are you so cheerful,
Gentle Edith Lane!
Be it bright or cloudy,
Fall of dew or rain,
In that lonely schoolhouse,
Patiently you stay,
Teaching simple children,
All the livelong day."
Gentle Edith Lane!
Be it bright or cloudy,
Fall of dew or rain,
In that lonely schoolhouse,
Patiently you stay,
Teaching simple children,
All the livelong day."
"Teaching simple children?
I am simple, too:
So we learn together
Lessons plain as true,
From this thumb-worn Bible,
Full of love's best lore;
Or, to read another,
Just unlatch the door.
I am simple, too:
So we learn together
Lessons plain as true,
From this thumb-worn Bible,
Full of love's best lore;
Or, to read another,
Just unlatch the door.
