. St. Nicholas [serial]. * PRINCE NEPTHAH FROM THE TABLE FLEW. His little nose was nice and straight,Like Pharaohs of an early date;And though we can discover butHis profile in this little cut, 250 AMNES AND HIS CAT. ( His eye, you see, is clear and wide,And we must hope he was suppliedWith one upon the other side,And that he did not always goWith both feet in a line, althoughThe artist represents it so,As was their playful custom. At school he learned arithmetic,And measuring rivers with a stick;And if, when teachers failed to look,He sometimes scribbled in his book,Why, who can little A
. St. Nicholas [serial]. * PRINCE NEPTHAH FROM THE TABLE FLEW. His little nose was nice and straight,Like Pharaohs of an early date;And though we can discover butHis profile in this little cut, 250 AMNES AND HIS CAT. ( His eye, you see, is clear and wide,And we must hope he was suppliedWith one upon the other side,And that he did not always goWith both feet in a line, althoughThe artist represents it so,As was their playful custom. At school he learned arithmetic,And measuring rivers with a stick;And if, when teachers failed to look,He sometimes scribbled in his book,Why, who can little Amnes blame,When all his family did the same,Like good and true Egyptians ?They scribbled up their parlor walls,Their tombs, their temples, and their halls,And quarried columns by the ton,
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