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THE LITTLE ORATOR.

PART I.-POETRY.

MAKE YOUR MARK.

In the quarries should you toil,
Make your mark;

Do

you delve upon the soil?
Make your mark;

In whatever path you go,

In whatever place you stand,
Moving swift or moving slow,
With a firm and honest hand,
Make your mark.

Life is fleeting as a shade;

Make your mark;

Marks of some kind must be made,

Make your mark;

Make it while your heart is strong,
In the golden hours of youth;

Never, never make it wrong;
Make it with the stamp of truth-
Make your mark.

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TOO LATE.

Too late to rise, too late for school,
Too late to keep by each good rule,

The sluggard soon becomes a fool:
Oh! never be "too late."

Oh! use the precious hours to-day,
To gather knowledge while you may,
For quickly hasteth Time away:
Then never be "too late."

And, grateful to your parents be,
For tenderly they've cared for thee;
And soon on earth you may them see,

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And, to thy suffering brother-man

Give aid and comfort, while you can,

Aye, like the good Samaritan,

Ere yet it be "too late."

To all Death hasteth on apace,

Then seek thy heavenly Father's face, Through life to guide thee by His graceEre yet it be "too late."

A CHILD MAY BE USEFUL.

I MAY, if I have but a mind,

Do good in many ways.

Plenty to do the young may find,

In these our busy days.

Sad would it be, though young and small, If I were of no use at all.

One gentle word, that I may speak,

Or one kind, loving deed,

May, though a trifle poor and weak,

Prove like a tiny seed;

And who can tell what good may spring

From such a very little thing?

Then let me try, each day and hour,

To act upon this little plan, What little good is in my power,

To do it while I can.

If to be useful thus I try,
I may do better by and by,

DOING RIGHT.

O, THAT it were my chief delight
To do the things I ought;

Then let me try, with all my might,

To mind what I am taught.

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