The Truant

Children, who delight to ramble,
When it is not holiday,
And o'er hedge and ditch to scramble,
All for love of truant play;

Must have tasks and lessons double,
To make up for time misspent,
And, besides this double trouble,
Must have proper punishment.

The Cowslip, or More Cautionary Stories, in verse. By the author of that much-admired little work, entitled the Daisy. London, 1811.

The Cruel Boy

The Crocus, Another Series of Cautionary Stories in Verse, by Elizabeth Turner. London, 1845.

The Toss-About