Slovenly Betsy

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>Slovenly Betsy</h1> <h3>BY</h3> <h2>DR. HENRY HOFFMAN</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>Slovenly Betsy</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="f1">B</span>etsy would never wash herself<br/></span> <span class="i0">When from her bed she rose,<br/> </span> <span class="i0">But just as quickly as she could<br/></span> <span class="i0">She hurried on her clothes.<br/></span> <span class="i0">To keep her clothes all nice and clean<br/></span> <span class="i0">Miss Betsy took no pains;<br/></span> <span class="i0">In holes her stockings always were,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Her dresses filled with stains.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sometimes she went day after day<br/></span> <span class="i0">And never combed her hair,<br/></span> <span class="i0">While little feathers from her bed<br/></span> <span class="i0">Stuck on it here and there.<br/></span> <span class="i0">The schoolboys, when they Betsy saw,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Would point her out, and cry,<br/></span> <span class="i0">&#8220;Oh! Betsy, what a sight you are!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Oh! Slovenly Betsy, fie!&#8221;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">One rainy day her parents went<br/></span> <span class="i0">Some pleasant friends to meet.<br/></span> <span class="i0">They took Betsy along with them,<br/></span> <span class="i0">All dressed so clean and neat.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nice little boys and girls were there,<br/></span> <span class="i0">With whom our Betsy played,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Until of playing she grew tired,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And to the garden strayed.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Out in the rain she danced awhile,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But 'twas not long before<br/></span> <span class="i0">Flat down she tumbled in the mud,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And her best clothes she tore.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_07.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="646" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh! what a sight she was, indeed,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When in the room she came;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The guests all loudly laughed at her,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And she almost died with shame.<br/></span> <span class="i0">She turned, and to her home she ran,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then, as here you see,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She washed her clothes, and since has been<br/></span> <span class="i0">As neat as she could be.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_09.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="654" alt="Illustration" /></div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />