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Poetry for children (1898)

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847, Green, Winifred, Gollancz, Israel, Sir, 1864-1930, Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 · [London] : Published by J.M. Dent & Co. · leaf 47

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V/G 38 POETRY FOR CHILDREN But to cherish stains impure,Soil deliberate to endure,On the skin to fix a stainTill it works into the grain,Argues a degenerate mind,Sordid, slothful, ill-inclined,Wanting in that self-respectWhich does virtue best protect.All-endearing cleanliness,Virtue next to… … TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED

Children's poetry, English

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