WHEN maidens such as Hester die
Their place ye may not well supply,
Though ye among a thousand try
With vain endeavour.
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Lazy-bones, lazy-bones, wake up and peep;
The Cat's in the cupboard, your Mother's asleep.
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Did I hear the church-clock a few minutes ago,
I was asked, and I answered, I hardly did know,
But I thought that I heard it strike three.
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While young John runs to greet
The greater Infant's feet,
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What's Life still changing ev'ry hour?
Tis all the seasons in a Day!
The Smile, the Tear, the Sun, the Show'r'
Tis now December, now tis May
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Lucy, what do you espy
In the cast in Jenny's eye
That should you to laughter move?
I far other feelings prove.
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It is not always to the strong
Victorious battle shall belong.
This found Goliath huge and tall:
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Ye Politicians, tell me, pray,
Why thus with woe and care rent?
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O what a joyous joyous day
Is that on which we come
At the recess from school away,
Each lad to his own home!
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JANE.
Miss Lydia every day is drest
Better than I am in my best
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