The infant moralist

Chapter 9: THE SCHOOL FEAST

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A collection of short didactic poems for young readers that depict everyday domestic scenes to illustrate moral lessons. Each verse presents a simple incident—such as animal cruelty, heedless mischief, greed, envy, profanity, or neglect of the elderly—and traces its immediate consequences, often ending with parental correction or reflection. The pieces use plain rhyme and narrative vignettes to teach virtues like charity, politeness, courage, and prudence, emphasizing cause and effect in familiar, child-centered settings.

THE SCHOOL FEAST

Now Lady Emma at the Grange

A School Feast has at Heart,

And very kindly does arrange

That we shall all take Part.

Maria, to avert the Cold,

Her velvet Spencer wears,

And little Jane, of five Years old,

A Sun-shade gravely bears.

Edward, and Charles, and Sister Fan

In Joy their Accents raise,

And William Fry, the Garden man,

Puts Dobbin in the Chaise.

Papa assumes the Reins’ control,

Mama her Shawl, and so

Crack goes the Whip, the Wheels they roll,

And now, away we go!

How happy we, with Parents kind

And Clothes so clean and neat:

Oh! may we always bear in Mind

’Twas Virtue earn’d this Treat.