He did not love his books. He said, "Catch me sitting on a stool The livelong day! I'd rather be A dunce than go to school."
Instead of going to school, he'd hide His books and run away, With other bad boys like himself, Into the fields to play.
Or take his gun into the woods The harmless birds to shoot, Or climb the farmer's orchard trees, And steal and eat their fruit.
On Sundays, when he should have gone To Sunday school or church, He'd take his fishing rod and go To fish for trout and perch.
One day while fishing all alone Down by the river side, He tripped, and with a headlong plunge Fell in the river wide.
In vain he cried aloud for help, No one was near to save, The waters closed above his head-- He found a watery grave.
Now let this bad boy's fate teach us _Complete_ is wicked in God's sight And let us all henceforth resolve To try and do what's right!
1. A letter. 2. A pronoun. 3. A spectre. 4. Quadrupeds of the genus _Equus_. 5. Defensive arms. 6. Unsweet (_Obs._). 7. Startles (_Obs._). 8. A bone. 9. A letter.
A _one_ arose between some bees-- Indeed of them 'twas very wicked-- They fluttered in about the trees, Among the grass and in the thicket
Some thoughtless bees within the hive A scheme upon the drones were working, To make them labor they did strive But "drones" were only made for shirking
The queen now on the scene appeared, A _fine_ her coming quickly making For she among them all was feared-- Their hearts were filled with fear and quaking
Said she "A 'drone' can never toil, A 'sinecure' is his position He lives on those who till the soil, Like any other politician."
1. Clairvoyance. 2. Computation. 3. Parts of a flower consisting of the stalk and the anther (_Bot._) 4. Buffoons. 5. A hard amorphous mineral. 6. Open thefts (_Rare_.) 7. Belonging to it. 8. To see (_Obs. Word Supp._) 9. A letter.
An old man sat in his easy chair, The _firsts_ of his life almost done How thankful am I, in this world of care, That my course is nearly run.
My _second_ is waiting to greet me In mansions so bright--far away In the glorious house I shall soon be, Where all is eternal day.
This would have been a hard _total_ From its cares I hope soon to be free With me I think all things will be well When the Son in His glory I see.