Jane and Ann Taylor: Original Poems for Infant Minds

Taylor, Ann (1782-1866)

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TO A BUTTERFLY ON GIVING IT LIBERTY.

THE LITTLE FISHERMAN.

THE BOYS AND THE APPLE-TREE.

THE WOODEN DOLL AND THE WAX DOLL.

IDLE RICHARD AND THE GOAT.

NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE.

THE TRUANT BOYS.

GEORGE AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP.

THE BUTTERFLY.

THE REDBREAST'S PETITION.

THE NIGHTINGALE.

THE LARK.

WASHING AND DRESSING.

THE PLUM-CAKE.

ANOTHER PLUM-CAKE.

FOR A NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL.

HONEST OLD TRAY.

TO A LITTLE GIRL THAT HAS TOLD A LIE.

THE TWO GARDENS.

MY MOTHER.

THE PALACE AND COTTAGE.

BALL.

THE FOX AND THE CROW.

BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

GREAT THINGS.

DEEP THINGS.

JAMES AND THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON.

II.

THE VULGAR LITTLE LADY.

MEDDLESOME MATTY.

THE LAST DYING SPEECH AND CONFESSION OF POOR PUSS.

THE LITTLE BIRD'S COMPLAINT TO HIS MISTRESS.

THE MISTRESS'S REPLY TO HER LITTLE BIRD.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF A POOR LITTLE MOUSE.

THE GOOD-NATURED GIRLS.

THE NOTORIOUS GLUTTON.

THE LITTLE CRIPPLE'S COMPLAINT.

POOR DONKEY'S EPITAPH.

THE ORPHAN.

RISING IN THE MORNING.

GOING TO BED AT NIGHT.

FRANCES KEEPS HER PROMISE.

MY OLD SHOES.

TO GEORGE PULLING BUDS.

A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.

THE CRUEL THORN.

THE LINNET'S NEST.

THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND.

BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES.

THE VINE.

THE SPIDER AND HIS WIFE.

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THE LARK.

From his humble grassy bed,
See the warbling lark arise!
By his grateful wishes led,
Through those regions of the skies.

Songs of thanks and praise he pours,
Harmonizing airy space,
Sings and mounts, and higher soars,
Towards the throne of heavenly grace.

Small his gifts compared with mine,
Poor my thanks with his compared:
I've a soul almost divine;
Angels' blessings with me shared.

Wake, my soul, to praise aspire;
Reason, every sense accord;
Join in pure, seraphic fire,
Love, and thank, and praise the Lord.

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THE LARK.