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First Line: A short direction / to avoid dejection
Last Line: "moral: ""behave.'"
Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis
Subject(s): Etiquette; Mnemonics; Manners; Courtesy


A short direction
To avoid dejection:
By variations
In occupations,
And prolongation
Of relaxation,
And combinations
Of recreations,
And disputation
On the state of the nation
In adaptation
To your station,
By invitations
To friends and relations,
By evitation
Of amputation,
By permutation
In conversation,
And deep reflection
You'll avoid dejection.
Learn well your grammar,
And never stammer,
Write well and neatly,
And sing most sweetly,
Be enterprising,
Love early rising,
Go walks of six miles,
Have ready quick smiles.
With lightsome laughter,
Soft flowing after.
Drink tea, not coffee;
Never eat toffy.
Eat bread with butter.
Once more, don't stutter.
Don't waste your money,
Abstain from honey.
Shut doors behind you,
(Don't slam them, mind you.)
Drink beer, not porter.
Don't enter the water,
Till to swim you are able.
Sit close to the table.
Take care of a candle.
Shut a door by the handle,
Don't push with your shoulder
Until you are older.
Lose not a button.
Refuse cold mutton,
Starve your canaries,
Believe in fairies.
If you are able,
Don't have a stable
With any mangers.
Be rude to strangers.
MORAL: "Behave.'









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