The Excellent Lord Mayor

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Title:     The Excellent Lord Mayor
Author: Elizabeth Turner [More Titles by Turner]

"Oh dear papa!" cried little Joe,
"How beautiful the Lord Mayor's show!
In that gold coach the Lord Mayor see--
How very happy he must be!"

"My dear," the careful parent said,
"Let not strange notions fill your head:
'Tis not the gold that we possess
That constitutes our happiness.

"The Lord Mayor, when a little boy,
His time did properly employ;
And, as he grew from youth to man,
To follow goodness was his plan.

"And that's the cause they love him so,
And cheer him all the way they go;
They love him for his smiling face
More than for all his gold and lace."

[The end]
Elizabeth Turner's poem: Excellent Lord Mayor

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