Old-time schools and school-books . Againfi Pride in Clothes, From Alexanders Spelling Book, 1799. HOW proud we are! how fond to fhewOur clothes, and call them rich and new !When the poor fheep and filkworm woreThat very clothing long before. The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dreft fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me ftill. Then will I fet my heart to findInward adornings of the mind;Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace,Thefe are the robes of richeft drefs. No more fhall worms with me compare;This is the raiment Angels wear;It takes no fpot, b
Old-time schools and school-books . Againfi Pride in Clothes, From Alexanders Spelling Book, 1799. HOW proud we are! how fond to fhewOur clothes, and call them rich and new !When the poor fheep and filkworm woreThat very clothing long before. The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dreft fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me ftill. Then will I fet my heart to findInward adornings of the mind;Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace,Thefe are the robes of richeft drefs. No more fhall worms with me compare;This is the raiment Angels wear;It takes no fpot, but ftill refines ;The more tis worn the more it fhines. 194 Old-time Schools and School-books. Againjl Evil Company. From Alexanders Spelling Book. WHY fhould I join with them in play,In whom Ive no delight;Who curie and fwear, but never call ill names, and fight ? I hate to hear a wanton fong; The words offend my ears ;I fhould not dare defile my tongue With language fuch as theirs. My God, I hate to walk or dwell With finful children here ;Then let me not be fent to hell, Where none but Tinners are. THIS is the day when Chrift arofeSo early from the dead ;Why fhould I keep my eyelids clofd,And wafte my hours in bed ? Other Spellers 195 Today with pleafure chriftians meet, To pray, and hear thy word;And I will go with cheerful feet To learn thy will, O Lord. Ill leave my fport and read and pray, And fo prepare for heaven ;O may I love this blessed day, The beft of all the feven.
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