e."

[Illustration: INDUSTRIOUS JANE.]

JANE AND HER NEEDLE.

My shining needle! much I prize
Thy tender form and slender size,
And well I love thee now;
Though when I first began to sew,
Before thy proper use I knew,
And often pricked my fingers too,
A trial sore wert thou.
Then speed thee on my needle bright,
The love of thee makes labor light.

Oh, soon thy motions to control,
In collar, wristband, button-hole,
My ready hand attains;
And with thee I can help to form,
Full many a garment stout and warm,
To shield from winter's wind and storm,
The aged and the blind.
Then speed thee on my needle bright,
The love of thee makes labor light.

[Illustration: THE TWO DOVES.]

THE TWO DOVES.

See Julia and her sister Jane,
On the grass bed of velvet green,
How each shows her care and love,
For her sweet pet turtle dove.

Pillowed on their guiltless breast,
Like a warm and living nest;
They seem to draw an early sense,
Of purity and innocence.

Fann'd by their soft and tender wings,
A moral from their pressure springs;
A wish in innocence to move,
As gently as the peaceful dove.

Oh! ever may such living toys,
Be the theme of childhood's joys,
And cultivate as years increase,
The love of virtue, truth and peace.

[Illustration: MY PRETTY POLLY.]

MY PRETTY POLLY.

Better than hoop or doll,
I love my pretty chattering poll,
For tho' the creature mocks my words
I know her mock'ry but a bird's.

And while upon my neck she'll loll,
And screaming out, "Pretty Poll,"
I learn from the sweet chattering elf,
To not have too much tongue myself.

I learn how many girls there be,
Who without thinking talk like she,
And parrot like they ever chatter,
When they should think of something better.

Thus while I hear her prattle words,
I think that girls should not be birds,
Nor like them waste their time so dear,
In chattering everything they hear.

[Illustration: ELIZABETH WITH HER NEW FROCK.]

THE NEW FROCK.

Here is Elizabeth dressed in her new frock, given to her by her
mother, for doing what she is bid like a good girl.

She looks as if she was dressed to pay a visit to some of her
friends; but I hope she will not be proud, and get too fond of going
from ho