Book: Cautionary Tales

• Henry King,{ Who chewed bits of String, and was cut off in Dreadful Agonies}

  The Chief Defect of Henry King
  Was chewing little bits of String.

  18 lines
• Jim

  There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
  His Friends were very good to him.

  57 lines, 2 comments
• Godolphin Horne,Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black.

  Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;
  He held the Human Race in Scorn,

  46 lines
• Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career

  Lord Lundy from his earliest years
  Was far too freely moved to Tears.

  38 lines
• Algernon

  Young Algernon, the Doctor's Son,
  Was playing with a Loaded Gun

  10 lines, 2 comments
• Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death

  Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
  It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;

  49 lines, 3 comments
• Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason.

  "Oh murder! What was that, Papa!"
  "My child, It was a Motor-Car,

  18 lines
• Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction

  And is it True? It is not True.
  And if it were it wouldn’t do,

  12 lines, 1 comment
• George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions.

  When George's Grandmamma was told
  That George had been as good as gold,

  34 lines
• Franklin Hyde

  Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle
  His uncle came on Franklin Hyde

  22 lines, 1 comment
• Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death

  Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
  It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;

  49 lines, 3 comments

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