MISS Helen was always too giddy to heed What her mother had told her to shun; For frequently, over the street in full speed, She would cross where the carriages run. And out she would go to a very deep well, To look at the water below; How naughty! to run to a dangerous well, Where her mother forbade her to go! One morning, intending to take but one peep, Her foot slipp'd away from the ground; Unhappy misfortune! the water was deep, And giddy Miss Helen was drown'd. |