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ROBERT.
So he would.
WILLIAM.
Yes, I felt the gentleman was right when he said he
was very glad
he
had signed the pledge.
JOHN.
Well, I'll try to keep my pledge.
ROBERT.
And so will I.
WILLIAM.
The longer we keep it the better, I'm sure.
Recitations for Bands of Hope,
1859.
WHAT TO DRINK
T
HE
lily drinks the sunlight,
The primrose drinks the dew,
The cowslip sips the running brook,
The hyacinth, heaven's blue;
The peaches quaff the dawn-light,
The pears the autumn noon,
The apple-blossoms drink the rain
And the first warm air of June.
From all the earth's green basin,
From the blue sky's sapphire bowl,
No
living thing
of
root or wing
Partakes the deadly dole.
I'll quaff the lily's nectar
I'll sip the cowsli.:p's cup, .
I'll drink the showers, the sun, the breeze,
But
never
the poisoned cup.
Albe"an .Temperance
R~citer,
1890.
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