Little verses for good children, iv

1. All honest labour
God will bless;
Let me not live
In idleness.

2. I must not kill
A little fly:
It is an act
Of cruelty.

3. I must not lie,
I must not feign,
I must not take
God’s name in vain.

4. It must not be
Or rude or wide;
I must not be
A naughty child.

5. I must not speak
Of others ill,
But ever bear
To all good will.

6. I’d better die
Than tell a lie,
Lest I be lost
Eternally.

7. Nor may my tongue
Say what is wrong;
I must not sin
A word to win.