Then when some older person durst remark:
“When I wast young the children weren’t so bold
And always loved to do as they wert told,
And went to bed soon after it wast dark;”
I’llst say to him: My errin’ friend, now hark
To one who wilt no longer hear thee scold:
I knew thy great-great-great-grand-parents when
They wert sly youngsters vexin’ their poor nurse,
And children now art good as they wert then!
They always have been stubborn, mean, perverse,