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Rh They tell me if I study well,
 * And learn my lessons, I shall be

Moved upward to that higher class
 * Where dear Love teaches constantly;

And I work hard, in hopes to gain Reward, and get away from Pain. Yet Pain is sometimes kind, and helps
 * Me on when I am very dull;

I thank him often in my heart;
 * But Love is far more beautiful;

Under her tender, gentle reign I must learn faster than of Pain. So I will do my very best,
 * Nor chide the clock, nor call it slow;

That when the Teacher calls me up
 * To see if I am fit to go,

I may to Love's high class attain, And bid a sweet good-by to Pain."