First William the Norman, Then William his son; Henry, Stephen, and Henry, Then Richard and John. Next Henry the Third, Edwards one, two, and three; And again, after Richard, Three Henrys we see. Two Edwards, third Richard, If rightly I guess; Two Henrys, sixth Edward, Queen Mary, Queen Bess. Then Jamie, the Scotchman, Then Charles whom they slew, Yet received after Cromwell Another Charles too. Next James the Second Ascended the throne; Then good William and Mary Together came on. Till, Anne, Georges four, And fourth William all past, God sent Queen Victoria: May she long be the last! PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. First stands the lofty §Washington§, That nobly great, immortal one; The elder §Adams§ next we see, And §Jefferson§ comes number three; The fourth is §Madison§, you know, The fifth one on the list, §Monroe§; The sixth an §Adams§ comes again, And §Jackson§ seventh in the train; §Van Buren§ eighth upon the line, And §Harrison§ counts number nine; The tenth is §Tyler§ in his turn, And §Polk§ eleventh, as we learn; The twelfth is §Taylor§ that appears; The thirteenth, §Fillmore§ fills his years; Then §Pierce§ comes fourteenth into view; §Buchanan§ is the fifteenth due; The sixteenth §Lincoln§, foully slain; The seventeenth was §Johnson§’s _reign_; Then §Grant§ was by the people sent To be their eighteenth President. THE DECALOGUE. 1. Have thou no Gods but me; 2. Nor graven type adore; 3. Take not my name in vain; ’twere guilt most sore: 4. Hallow the seventh day; 5. Thy parents’ honor love: 6. No murder do; 7. Nor thou adulterer prove: 8. From theft be pure thy hands; 9. No witness false, thy word: 10. Covet of none his house, wife, maid, or herd. * * * * * Worship to God—but not God graven—pay; Blaspheme not; sanctify the Sabbath day; Be honored parents; brother’s blood unshed; And unpolluted hold the marriage bed; From theft thy hand—thy tongue from lying—keep, Nor covet neighbor’s home, spouse, serf, ox, sheep.