Give your attention as you read,
And frequent pauses take;
Think seriously; and take good heed
That you no dog’s ears make.
Don’t wet the fingers as you turn
The pages one by one;
Never touch prints, observe: and learn
Each idle gait to shun.
TO BE WRITTEN IN A BOOK
Small is the wren,
Black is the rook,
Great is the sinner
That steals this book.
SOMERSETSHIRE
CHARM FOR TOOTHACHE,
TO BE WRITTEN AND WORN
Peter sat on a marble stone,
When by here Jesus came aloan.
“Peter what is it makes you for to quake?”
“Lord Jesus, it is the toothake.”
“Rise, Peter, and be heled.”