Were every stalk on earth a quill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

And every man a scribe by trade,

To tell the love of God alone

Would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

Though stretched from sky to sky.

The two following are very common in village schools:—

This is Giles Wilkinson, his book;

God give him grace therein to look;