545 <br /> <br />'Tis One by One — the Father counts — <br />And then a Tract between <br />Set Cypherless — to teach the Eye <br />The Value of its Ten — <br /> <br />Until the peevish Student <br />Acquire the Quick of Skill — <br />Then Numerals are dowered back — <br />Adorning all the Rule — <br /> <br />'Tis mostly Slate and Pencil — <br />And Darkness on the School <br />Distracts the Children's fingers — <br />Still the Eternal Rule <br /> <br />Regards least Cypherer alike <br />With Leader of the Band — <br />And every separate Urchin's Sum — <br />Is fashioned for his hand —<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tis-one-by-one-the-father-counts/
