St Nicholas [serial] . For fibbing, many a lad, no doubt,Has felt the sting of hickory Pease, a pleasant youth,Was birched because he told the truth. iiOne day, from school Eliphalet came,And sought his mother, comely , Mother, have you heard the news ?As I was passing Parson Trues, inDown a long ladder, from the top,Full twenty feet, without a stop,Head over heels, did Parson go,And landed on the rocks below. Alack a day! the good housewife cried,And swiftly to her gossips soon throughout the village, allHad heard the tale of Parsons fall. Men dropped their fi
St Nicholas [serial] . For fibbing, many a lad, no doubt,Has felt the sting of hickory Pease, a pleasant youth,Was birched because he told the truth. iiOne day, from school Eliphalet came,And sought his mother, comely , Mother, have you heard the news ?As I was passing Parson Trues, inDown a long ladder, from the top,Full twenty feet, without a stop,Head over heels, did Parson go,And landed on the rocks below. Alack a day! the good housewife cried,And swiftly to her gossips soon throughout the village, allHad heard the tale of Parsons fall. Men dropped their fishing-nets and creels;The women left their spinning-wheels;The broth was burned within the pot,By wives and maids alike forgot. VI The rumor grew, as swift it spread,And soon declared the parson many fainted from the shock;For he was loved by all his MEN DROPPED THEIR FISHING-NETS AND CREELS;THE WOMEN LEFT THEIR SPINNING-WHEELS. But see! amidst the tumult, whereA form appears, erect and parsons self, benignant, calm,And humming soft, a favorite psalm ! A YOUTHFUL MARTYR 491 IX Until, with unexpected ease,T is brought home to Eliphalet did but tell the truth, quoth he,The parson was up in a tree,
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