THE

SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND.

First, William the Norman,
Then William his son;

Henry, Stephen, and Henry,
Then Richard and John.
Next, Henry the third,
Edwards, one, two, and three
And again, after Richard,
Three Henrys we see.

Two Edwards, third Richard,
If rightly I guess;

Two Henrys, sixth Edward,
Queen Mary, Queen Bess;
Then Jamie the Scotchman,
Then Charles whom they slew,
Yet received, after Cromwell,
Another Charles too.

Next Jamie the second

Ascended the throne;

Then good William and Mary

Together came on;

Then Anne, Georges four,

And fourth William all passed,

And Victoria came—

May she long be the last.

NAMES AND ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

The great Jehovah speaks to us

In Genesis and Exodus;

Leviticus and Numbers see

Followed by Deuteronomy.

Joshua and Judges sway the land,
Ruth gleans a sheaf with trembling hand;
Samuel, and numerous Kings appear,
Whose Chronicles we wondering hear;
Ezra and Nehemiah now

Esther the beauteous mourner show:
Job speaks in sighs, David in Psalms,
The Proverbs teach to scatter alms.
Ecclesiastes then comes on,

And the sweet Song of Solomon.
Isaiah, Jeremiah then

With Lamentations takes his pen.
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea's lyres
Swell Joel, Amos, Obadiah's.
Next Jonah, Micah, Nahum, come,
And lofty Habakkuk finds room.
While Zephaniah, Haggai calls,
Rapt Zechariah builds his walls;
And Malachi, with garments rent,
Concludes the ancient Testament.

Songs.

THE SNOW.

Oh, see! the snow is falling now,
It powders all the trees;
Its flakes abound, and all around
They float upon the breeze.

'Tis snowing fast, and cold the blast, But yet I hope 't will stay:

Oh, see it blow the falling snow,

In meadows far

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away.

Jack Frost is near, we feel him here,
He's on his icy sled;

And covered deep, the flowers sleep
Beneath their snowy bed.

Come out and play, this winter day,
Amid the falling snow;

Come, young and old, nor fear the cold,
Nor howling winds that blow.

THE THUNDERSTORM.

Look! the black cloud rises high;
Now it spreads along the sky:
See! the quivering lightnings fly;
Hark! the thunders roar.
Yet will I not shrink with fear,
When the thunderclap I hear;
Soon the rainbow will appear,

Soon the storm be o'er.

When the black cloud rises high,
When it spreads along the sky,
When the forked lightnings fly,
And the thunders roar,

Never will I feel alarm;

God can shield me from all harm,
In the sunshine or the storm:

Him will I adore.

WHERE IS GOD.

In the sun, the moon, and sky,
On the mountains wild and high,
In the thunder, in the rain,

In the grove, the wood, the plain,
In the little birds which sing:
God is seen in every thing.

PERSEVERE.

Go on, go on, go on, go on,
Go on, go on, go on,
Go on, go on, go on, go on,
Go on, go on, GO ON!

MORNING.

Awake! awake! my love; The Saviour from above, Would lend his gracious ear To listen to your prayer: Rise and unbosom every care.

Awake! awake! my love; The Saviour from above, In accents kind and mild, Would own you as his child, Though you're by nature all defiled.