Must never be fanciful, foolish, or vain.
Oh, listen ye, Miss Sahibas;
These are the Mission rules!
The Mission Miss Sahibas must furnish the brain,
Of two or three languages knowledge obtain,
When weary and puzzled must “try, try again,”—
We cannot learn grammar by legerdemain.
Oh, listen ye, Miss Sahibas;
These are the Mission rules!
The Mission Miss Sahibas should know every lane,