The Little Scholars
At your books! A goodly sight!
Learn to cipher, read, and write;
What you do, do always well;
Let your aim be to excel.
If you fail, why, try again;
Mend your pencil or your pen,
Straighten and perfect the line;
Make the fine mark still more fine;
Make the curve a little better;
Let no flaw be in the letter;
So by trying you will gain
Till perfection you attain.