Relationships
Whole Duty of Children
From A Child's Garden of Verses
Relationships
A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Whole Duty of Children.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/4/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Whole Duty of Children.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/4/.
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