Civil Speech

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Title:     Civil Speech
Author: Elizabeth Turner [More Titles by Turner]

"Give me some beer!" cried little Jane,
At dinner-table as she sat.
Her mother said, "Pray ask again,
And in a prettier way than that.

"For 'give me that,' and 'give me this,'
Is not the best way to be heard:
To make Ann hear, a little Miss
Must add another little word."

"Pray, give me, Ann, a glass of beer,"
Jane blushing said--her mother smiled:
"Now Ann will quickly bring it here,
For you ask properly, my child."

You little Misses, Masters too,
Who wish to have a share of praise,
Pray copy Jane, and always do
Directly what your mother says.

[The end]
Elizabeth Turner's poem: Civil Speech

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