PLAYING SCHOOL.
IN a corner of the play-ground
Sits a merry group of four.
Dot, the hat-crowned, is the teacher;
She has tried this game before.
Little Effie learns her lesson;
Careless Bess thinks more of ease;
Bright-eyed Kate is always laughing;
She'll do naught but turn the leaves.
Little Dot is wise and watchful;
Lessons hard she gives to none;
Plums and nuts she keeps for "merits,"
If the tasks they do not shun.