I. 



THE FOUR STAGES. 



Take thy hat, my httle Laura, 



Fix it by the loop elastic ; 



Let us go to Haddo Villas, 



Passing by the church and churchyard. 



Now so bright with shortlived flowers, 



Apt mementos of the buried ; 



Passing, hand in hand together. 



Passing, old and young together, 



Gravely walking, gaily tripping. 



Through the shady lane of lovers. 



Where the rail train rattles under. 



And so on to Haddo Villas. 



I will give thee, as we linger 



Here and there upon our journey, 



A first lesson in the science 



That we mean to learn together ; 



For all teaching is instructive 



To the teacher and the learner ; 



Entomology, the science 



That we mean to learn together ; 



Entomology, the science -.i 



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