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Poem
January 23, 1874
The Portland Daily Press
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
A fable in verse about Dame Partlet, an impatient hen who hatches her eggs prematurely, killing her chicks. The moral warns against spoiling work through eagerness, urging patience.
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OCR Quality
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Here's not her domestic yoke
Her darlings number twenty-four,
And they've been out a week or more;
And now she wanders at her ease.
So stir your pinky little legs,
My yellow bills come out and walk
Or else I'll doubt my eggs are eggs.
And think they are but lumps of chalk."
Then something rash and sad befell;
This old hen pecked each brittle shell,
And, not so wonderful to tell,
Her treatment, which was very rude,
Killed on the spot her tiny brood!
And now, despised by fowls and men.
She lives a broken-hearted hen,
This is the moral of my lay-
To reap success in work and play.
Why spoil whatever you've begun,
Through eagerness to have it done?
Remember poor Dame Partlet's fate!
Don't be impatient! learn to wait.
-Youth's Companion
Her darlings number twenty-four,
And they've been out a week or more;
And now she wanders at her ease.
So stir your pinky little legs,
My yellow bills come out and walk
Or else I'll doubt my eggs are eggs.
And think they are but lumps of chalk."
Then something rash and sad befell;
This old hen pecked each brittle shell,
And, not so wonderful to tell,
Her treatment, which was very rude,
Killed on the spot her tiny brood!
And now, despised by fowls and men.
She lives a broken-hearted hen,
This is the moral of my lay-
To reap success in work and play.
Why spoil whatever you've begun,
Through eagerness to have it done?
Remember poor Dame Partlet's fate!
Don't be impatient! learn to wait.
-Youth's Companion
What sub-type of article is it?
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Temperance Moderation
What keywords are associated?
Dame Partlet
Hen Fable
Impatience
Patience Moral
Brood Tragedy
What entities or persons were involved?
Youth's Companion
Poem Details
Author
Youth's Companion
Subject
Moral On Patience And Impatience
Form / Style
Rhymed Narrative Verse
Key Lines
This Is The Moral Of My Lay
To Reap Success In Work And Play.
Why Spoil Whatever You've Begun,
Through Eagerness To Have It Done?
Remember Poor Dame Partlet's Fate!
Don't Be Impatient! Learn To Wait.