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Joseph West had been told, / That if, when he grew old, / He had not learned rightly to spell, / Though his writing were good, / 'Twould not be understood: / And Joe said, "I will learn my task well."
And he made it a rule / To be silent at school, / And what do you think came to pass? / Why, he learnt it so fast, / That from being the last, / He soon was the first in the class.