To very, very little keys;

And ne’er forget that they are these:

“I thank you, sir,” and “If you please.”

—Sel.

THE MINUET.[1]

Grandma told me all about it,

Told me so I couldn’t doubt it,

How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago—

How she held her pretty head,

How her dainty skirt she spread,