SHORT STORIES,
F O R
YOUNG FOLKS.
Delightful taſk! to rear the tender thought
To teach the young idea how to ſhoot,
To pour the freſh inſtruction o'er the mind,
To breathe th' enliv'ning ſpirit, and to fix
The gen'rous purpoſe in the glowing breaſt.
Affection to Parents.
AN amiable youth was lamenting, in terms of the ſincereſt grief, the death of a moſt affectionate parent. His companion endeavoured to conſole him by the reflection, that he had always behaved to the deceaſed with duty, tenderneſs and reſpect. So I thought, replied the youth, whilſt my parent was living; but now I recollect with pain and ſorrow, many inſtances of diſobedience and neglect, for which, alas! it is too late to make atonement.
Tenderneſs to Mothers.
MARK that parent hen! ſaid a father to his beloved ſon. With what
