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THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

May boast that their forefathers landed here
In fourteen-ninety-two."

Miss Pocahontas saved the life,

In fourteen-ninety-two,

Of John Smith and became his wife

In fourteen-ninety-two.

And the Smith tribe started then and there,
And now there are John Smiths everywhere;
But they didn't have any Smiths to spare
In fourteen-ninety-two.

Kentucky was settled by Daniel Boone
In fourteen-ninety-two.

And I think the cow jumped over the moon
In fourteen-ninety-two.

Ben Franklin flew his kite so high

He drew the lightning from the sky,

And Washington couldn't tell a lie
In fourteen-ninety-two.

Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,

Their shoes were clean and neat

And this was odd, because, you know,

They hadn't any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,

And yet another four;

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RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL SELECTIONS

THE ELIXIR

TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee.

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All may of Thee partake:

Nothing can be so mean

Which with this tincture (for Thy sake)
Will not grow bright and clean.
A servant with this clause

Makes drudgery divine:

Who sweeps a room as by Thy laws,
Makes that and th' action fine.

This is the famous stone

That turneth all to gold:

For that which God doth touch and own

Cannot for less be told.

GEORGE HERBERT.

AT MORNING

THE day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the man, help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness abound with