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Robert, when an infant, heard / Now and then a naughty word, / Spoken in a random way / By his brothers when at play. / Was the baby then to blame / When he tried to lisp the same?
No! he could not, whilst so young, / Know what words were right or wrong, / But for boys who better knew, / Punishment was justly due, / Which the thoughtless brothers met / In a way they won't forget.