Bedtime 97 BEDTIME 'Tis bedtime; say your hymn, and bid "Good-night; I laid her golden curls upon my arm, I drew her little feet within my hand, Francis Robert St. Clair Erskine [1833-1890] THE DUTY OF CHILDREN HAPPY THOUGHT THE world is so full of a number of things, WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true At least as far as he is able. Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-1894] POLITENESS GOOD little boys should never say "I will," and "Give me these"; O, no! that never is the way, And "If you please," to Sister Ann Elizabeth Turner? -1846] RULES OF BEHAVIOR HEARTS, like doors, will ope with ease And don't forget that two of these Are "I thank you" and "If you please." Happy as a robin, Gentle as a dove That's the kind of little girl Fly away and seek her, Little song of mine, For I choose that very girl As my Valentine. Emilie Poulsson (1853 GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN CHILDREN, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle; You must still be bright and quiet, Happy hearts and happy faces, Cruel children, crying babies, By their nephews and their nieces. Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-1894] REBECCA'S AFTER-THOUGHT YESTERDAY, Rebecca Mason, Placed upon the mantel-shelf. A Rule for Birds' Nesters Quite alarmed, she thought of going Not a single person knowing, Of her being there that day. But Rebecca recollected She was taught deceit to shun; And the moment she reflected, Told her mother what was done; Who commended her behavior, Loved her better, and forgave her. io! Elizabeth Turner [ ?-1846] KINDNESS TO ANIMALS LITTLE children, never give Pain to things that feel and live; Let the gentle robin come For the crumbs you save at home,- As his meat you throw along A RULE FOR BIRDS' NESTERS THE robin and the red-breast, The sparrow and the wren; If ye take out o' their nest, Ye'll never thrive again! |