(1850-1894 / Edinburgh / Scotland)

poet Robert Louis Stevenson
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Whole Duty of Children

A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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