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Charles Lamb - Choosing A Name
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I have got a new-born sister;
I was nigh the first that kissed her.
When the nursing woman brought her
To papa, his infant daughter,
How papa`s dear eyes did glisten!—
She will shortly be to christen:
And papa has made the offer,
I shall have the naming of her.


Now I wonder what would please her,
Charlotte, Julia, or Louisa.
Ann and Mary, they`re too common;
Joan`s too formal for a woman;
Jane`s a prettier name beside;
But we had a Jane that died.
They would say, if `twas Rebecca,
That she was a little Quaker.
Edith`s pretty, but that looks
Better in old English books;
Ellen`s left off long ago;
Blanche is out of fashion now.


None that I have named as yet
Are so good as Margaret.
Emily is neat and fine.
What do you think of Caroline?
How I`m puzzled and perplext
What to choose or think of next!
I am in a little fever.
Lest the name that I shall give her
Should disgrace her or defame her,
I will leave papa to name her.
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