66 MORAL SONGS FOR CHILDREN.

4 If I meet with railing tongues,
Why should I return their railing P
Since [ best revenge my wrongs,
By my patience never failing.

5 When I hear them telling lies,
Talking foolish, cursing, swearing ;
First I'll strive to make them wise,
Or I'll soon go out of hearing.

 

6 What though I be low and mean,
Tl engage the rich tv love me;
While I’m modest, neat, and clean,

And submit when they reprove me.

7 IfJI should be poor and sick,
I shall meet, I hope, with pity ;
Since I love to help the weak,
Though they’re neither fair nor witty.