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Title: The gem of the school room : recitation book of prose and poems
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Estes, Alice D
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Publisher: Springfield, Mo. : A. Davis
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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you knovv^ As people cross the bright rooms to and fro ;They tell misleading tales to those without.Bringing about a gossip talk, no doubt. They paint a sky of blue in a dismal mold,Bringing on sinless heads the cold worlds scoldThey cause ears to be turned from voices near,Though pleading, they receive a frowning sneer. So this old world is all in fault, yon see,Including you, your neighbor, also me ;We neglect duty as we journey on.We prefer basking in Disdainfuls scorn. Leaving whom we could shelter to grim care.To lurid crime and its most tragic lair ;To go on down, down into utter woe.On into deeper crime and depths below. Oh! lurid world, a beam is in thine eye.Disdain not those with motes as they pass by,But reach ye forth a hand to aU you can.And be ye eer a woman—a man. WE PAUSE IN WONDER The virgin Mary stood before the throne of God,While lifted up above her head was dutys rod ;The way pointed out for the rich to eer pursueLay ever there among lifes toiling, rugged crew.
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Pase 13. May the star spangled banner forever, theti, wave,Aye, a true emblem of patriot love unto his grave, WASHINGTON 13 Aye, the way leads up lifes rugged hill on and onAt whose lofty summit spreadeth a glorious dawn ;Look where you may a rosy tinge lights up the skyAs angels through heavens portal do ever hie. WASHINGTON Washington was the father of our glorious land,Upon his noble brow was mien of stern command ;He it was who put this country firmly on its feet.And with stately solemn mien his fellow men did greet. Neer again will there be a Washington so true,Though many other soldiers brave may dare and do ;The certain flight of Father Time hath changed all,Another ruler at Washington we now install. The ruler may think himself a Washington true,But by the great eternal, that will never do ;No, sir, Rooseveltll have to take a back seat,And doff his hat while he his fellow men doth greet. George Washington the monarch is I still enshrine,A hero nobly grand and brave, with mind

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