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January 1st.

JANUARY.

IRST of the months comes Janiveir,

The coldest month of all the year; When days are short and nights are long; When snow falls deep, and frost is strong; When cosy wealth doth count his gold, And want stands shivering all a-cold.

Anon.

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January 2d.

A NURSERY RHYME.

HERE was a little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley;

Says the little boy to the little girl,

"Shall I, oh! shall I?”

Says the little girl to the little boy,

"What shall we do?"

Says the little boy to the little girl,

"I will kiss you!"

Anon.

BABY.

HERE did you come from, baby dear?

Out of the everywhere into here.

Where did you get those eyes so blue?

Out of the sky as I came through.

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.

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January 4th.

George MacDonald.

A NEW YEAR'S PETITION.

H! that my eyes might closed be
To what becomes me not to see!
That deafness might possess my ear
To what concerns me not to hear.
That truth my tongue might always tie
From ever speaking foolishly!

That no vain thought might ever rest

Or be conceived in my breast.

January 5th.

NOTHING TO DO!

Sunday at Home.

Oh, little boy, I wouldn't be you!

But it's all in yourself, it's all in yourself,

And it's only because you're a lazy young elf!

Just look two yards round you, and do what you can, -That's just what you'll have to do when you're a man!

J. E. C. F.