nd for Key,
For Kiss, and for Keg, and for Keep;
L is for Lamb, for Lad, and for Lee,
For Lip, and for Leg, and for Leap.

[Illustration: MASK--NOSE--OLD--PLAY]

[Illustration: MAN. NEST.]

Mm _Mm_ Nn _Nn_

M is for Mask, for Mary, and Mail,
For Man, and for Map, and for Moon;
N is for Nose, for Net, and for Nail,
For Nut, and for Nest, and for Noon.

* * * * *

[Illustration: OX. PLOW.]

Oo _Oo_ Pp _Pp_

O is for Old, for Owl, and for Out,
For Ox, and for Oar, and for Oak;
P is for Play, for Pin, and for Pout,
And also for Pen, Pig, and Pork.

[Illustration: QUIET--RABBIT--SEE--TREE.]

[Illustration: QUINCE. ROSE.]

Qq _Qq_ Rr _Rr_

Q is for Quiet, for Quiver, and Quill,
For Quick, and for Queen, and for Quack;
R is for Rabbit, for Rat, and for Rill,
For Rose, and for Ring, and for Rack.

* * * * *

[Illustration: SNAKE. TUB.]

Ss _Ss_ Tt _Tt_

S is for See, for Ship, and for Shop,
For Sister, for Star and for Sun;
T is for Tree, for Ten, and for Top,
For Tub, and for Toad, and for Tun.

[Illustration: URCHINS--VEND--WAGON.]

[Illustration: URUS. VINE.]

Uu _Uu_ Vv _Vv_

U is for Urchin, for Urus, for Urn,
For Use, and for Up, and for Us;
V is for Vend, for Visit, and Vein,
For Vine, and for Vat, and for Vice.

* * * * *

[Illustration: WHALE. XERXES.]

Ww _Ww_ Xx _Xx_

W is for Wagon, for Wig, and for Wing,
For Whale, and for Wine, and for Wrist,
X is for Xerxes, a famous old king,
But for words not a very long list.

[Illustration: YOUTH--YOUNG--ZEPHYR.]

[Illustration: YOKE. ZEBRA.]

Yy _Yy_ Zz _Zz_

Y is for Yoke, for You and for Yell,
For Youth, and for Year, and for Yeast;
Z is for Zebra, for Zany, and Zeal,
For Zephyr, for Zone, and for Zest.

* * * * *

& and _& and_

& is a character often times used,
In place of the word A-N-D,
And though not a letter 'tis never refused
A place in the A-B-C.

* * * * *

The twenty-six letters have now all been named,
And I hope you will learn them at once;
Indeed, if you don't you will need be ashamed
To be known for a very great dunce.

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