A Little Pretty Pocket-book/Hop, Step, and Jump

by John Newbery

Hop, Step, and Jump.

Hop short and Step safe,
To make your Jump long;
This Art oft has beat
Th' Efforts of the strong.

Moral.

This old Maxim take,
T' embellish your Book:
Think well ere you talk,
And, ere you leap, look.