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.



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