September, on the twenty-third,
When sportsmen mark at ev'ry bird,
Autumn comes in; the fields are shorn,
The fruits are ripe; so is the corn.
Winter's cold frosts and northern blasts,
The season is we mention last;
The date of which in truth we must
Fix for December—twenty-first.
FIVE SENSES.
All human beings must (with birds and beasts)
To be complete, five senses have at least:
The sense of hearing to the ear's confined;
The eye, we know, for seeing is design'd;
The nose to smell an odour sweet or ill;
The tongue to taste what will the belly fill.
The sense of feeling is in every part
While life gives motion to a beating heart.
THE MASTER'S DAILY ADVICE TO HIS SCHOOL.
If you'd in wisdom's ways proceed,
You intellectual knowledge need.
Let science be your guiding star,
Or from its path you'll wander far.
'Tis science that directs the mind,
The path of happiness to find.
If goodness added is to truth,
'Twill bring reward to every youth.
THE GOOD CHILDREN'S MONEY-BOX.
All pence by the generous deposited here,
When holidays come I will equally share.
Among all good children attending this school,
I should wish not to find a dunce or a fool.
Then listen, all you, who a prize hope to gain,
Attend to your books, and you'll not hope in vain.