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LULLABY by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SPEAK ROUGHLY TO YOUR LITTLE BOY
Last Line: THE PEPPER WHEN HE PLEASES!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; LANGFORD, G. W.; CHILDHOOD;

Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when he sneezes;
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.

I speak severely to my boy,
I beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughly enjoy
The pepper when he pleases!



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