Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 458
nd master sums like scholars bright.I 11 play, cried one, the teachers part;I know some lessons quite by heart.And every section of the landTo me is plain as open hand. And those who train the budding mindShould own a disposition kind.The rod looks better on the treeThan resting by the masters… … With all respect, my friend, to you,Another said, that would not do.You re hardly fitted, sir, to rule;Your place should be the dunces stool.You re not with great endowments blessed ;Besides, your temper s not the best, The more they talked, the stronger grewThe wish to prove how much they…
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