A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY.
"A lesson in Geography, With all the Statea to bound 1 " My boys grew sober in a trice, And shook their heads and frowned— And this was ia the nursery, Where only emiles abound. Then suddenly up jumped Boy BlueYoungest of all is he, And stood erect beside my chair. " Mamma," he oaid, " bound me 1" And all the other lads looked up With faces full of glee. I gravely touched his curly head: " North, by a little pate That's ' mixed' in ' mental 'rithmetio,' And ' can't get fractions straight.' That never knows what time it is, Nor where are books and slate. " South, by two feet—two restless feet That never tire of play, That never fail to gladly run (Even on a holiday) On others' errands willingly, In most obliging way. " East, by a pocket stuffed and crammed With, oh 80 many things I With tops and toyn and bits of wood, And pennies, knives, and strings, And by a litfcla fist that lacks The glow that water brings. " West, by the same; and well explored The pocket by the fist, The capital, two rosy lips All ready to be kissed. And—darling, now I've bounded you; The class may be 'dismissed." • —M. B. Joedan, in the Leeds Weekly Express.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 35
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247A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY. Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 35
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