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Adam's Fall: Mixed T-Z

Listen carefully to the verse(s) for each letter:

  • Pick out which word begins with that letter.
  • Can you say describe what the verse means?
  • Which picture do you like best?
T t
Time cuts down all,
Both great and small.
ca. 1780 picture - winged reaper with hourglass
U u
Uriah's beauteous Wife
made David seek his life.
ca. 1780 picture - David, Bathsheba, and
Solomon(?)
W w
1800 ed.
Great Washington brave,
His country did save.

(After Independence, Washington became popular for 'W'. See the Bible alphabet for the earlier verse on Whales obeying God.)

1800 picture
X x
Xerxes the great did die,
And so must you and I.

ca. 1780 picture
Y y
1800 ed.
No Youth, you see,
From death is free.

1727 picture
Z z
Zacchaeus he
Did climb the tree
His Lord to see.

1800 picture
Note In keeping with the publishing tradition of The New England Primer, we have modernized spellings and grammatical forms in the text. Original spellings are shown in the links that show alternate editions. See discussion on the history page of editions we have reviewed.
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