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WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: A CHILD SHOULD ALWAYS SAY WHAT'S TRUE
Last Line: AT LEAST AS FAR AS HE IS ABLE.
Subject(s): MNEMONICS;

A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.




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