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Ann Taylor Poems
- My Mother Who sat and watched my infant head When sleeping ...
- The Baby's Dance Dance little baby, dance up high, Never ...
- Meddlesome Matty One ugly trick has often spoil'd The ...
- A True Story Little Ann and her mother were walking one ...
- For A Naughty Little Girl My sweet little girl should be ...
- Little Girls Must Not Fret WHAT is it that makes little Emily...
- Jane And Eliza There were two little girls, neither handsome ...
Ann Taylor was an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. In the years immediately preceding her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic of growing reputation. She is, however, best remembered as the elder sister and collaborator of Jane Taylor.
The literary family
The Taylor sisters were part of an extensive literary family, daughters of Isaac Taylor of Ongar. Ann was born in Islington and lived with her family at first in London and later in Lavenham in Suffolk, in Colchester and, briefly, in Ongar. The sisters' brother, Isaac Taylor, was, like his father, an ... more »
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My Mother
Who sat and watched my infant head
When sleeping on my cradle bed,
And tears of sweet affection shed?
My Mother.
When pain and sickness made me cry,
Who gazed upon my heavy eye,
And wept for fear that I should die?
My Mother.
Who taught my infant lips to pray
And love God’s holy book and day,
And walk in wisdom’s pleasant way?
My Mother.
And can I ever cease to be
Affectionate and kind to thee,
Who wast so very kind to me,
My Mother?
Ah, no! the thought I cannot bear,
And if God please my life to spare
I hope I shall ...
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