Clever Little Thomas

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Title:     Clever Little Thomas
Author: Elizabeth Turner [More Titles by Turner]

When Thomas Poole
First went to school,
He was but scarcely seven,
Yet knew as well
To read and spell
As most boys of eleven.

He took his seat,
And wrote quite neat,
And never idly acted;
And then beside
He multiplied,
Divided, and subtracted.

His master said,
And stroked his head,
"If thus you persevere,
My little friend,
You may depend
Upon a prize next year."

[The end]
Elizabeth Turner's poem: Clever Little Thomas

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