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MASTER FREDERICK LONGMAN

This year our Book for Christmas varies, Deals not with History nor Fairies (I can't help thinking, children, you Prefer a look which is not true). We leave these intellectual feasts, To talk of Fishes, Birds, and Beasts. These — though his aim is hardly steady — These are, I think, a theme for Freddy ! Trout, though he is not up to fly, He soon will catch — as well as If So, Freddy, take this artless rhyme, And be a Sportsman in your time!