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PAPA'S REQUEST.

Write very often, children,—
  Write papa very soon;
Your letters will be dearer
  Than lovliest flowers in June;
For papa will be absent
  Throughout the long, long year.
Write to him very often
  What he will wish to hear.

That Fred. and sister Bessie
  Are learning with their might,
And little Nell and Jessie
  Are doing what is right.
Dear children, help each other,
  At morning, noon, and night,
And then your happy mother
  Will find it sweet to write.

Write papa very often,—
  Write in the early morn,
Or write him just at twilight,
  When all the day is gone;
Draw out the pretty table,
  Mamma will bring a light,
And help the older children
  To gather round and write.