StoryTitle("caps", "The Boy Who Never Told a Lie") ?>
Boy Who Never Told a Lie" (anonymous), as well as "Whatever Brawls
Disturb the Street," by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), are real gems. A few years
ago they were more in favour than the poorer verse that has been put forward.
But they are sure to be revived.
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Once there was a little boy,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With curly hair and pleasant eye—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A boy who always told the truth,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And never, never told a lie.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And when he trotted off to school,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The children all about would cry,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"There goes the curly-headed boy—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The boy that never tells a lie.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And everybody loved him so,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Because he always told the truth,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That every day, as he grew up,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "'Twas said, \"There goes the honest youth.\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(20, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And when the people that stood near", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Would turn to ask the reason why,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The answer would be always this:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "\"Because he never tells a lie.\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>