Grapho
Children, you ought to know
That Grapho can but mean
To picture out, or tell about,
Some object or some thing.
Now Geo means the earth;
And so Geography
Means picturing out or telling about
This earth of ours, you see.
As Phono means a sound,
Phonography so terse,
Just pictures out or tells about
The sounds of the human voice.
As Photo means the light,
Photography must mean
A picturing of the light that falls
Upon a thing, I ween.
Now Astro means the stars;
And hence Astrography
Means to describe or tell about
The stars we all may see.
And then Astronomy
Tells all the various laws
That govern or relate to stars;
Of their motions tells the cause.
Now Bios means a life;
And so Biography
Means writing out the life of one,
Which we may often see.
Zoos means animal;
And your Zoography
Describes the animals that live
On land or in the sea.
Then there's Stenography,
A writing narrow, small,
Or, as so many call it now,
"Short-hand," which tells it all.
And then Xylography--
Engraving upon wood;
And Crystallography as well,
That tells of crystals good.
But these are ographies
Enough for now, you think;
Yet when you're older, wiser grown,
You many more will link.