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Poetry for children

Sigourney, L. H. (1791-1865)

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JUVENILE POETRY.

“Who made me?”

I must not teaze my Mother.

Morning Thoughts.

Thoughts at Sun-set.

Love to Brothers and Sisters.

Prayer at entering School.

Respect to Age.

The Sabbath.

The grave of a Child.

Hymn for the children of an Orphan Asylum.

Baby's note to a Baby with a pair of coral bracelets.

Baby to a Baby with a New-Year's Present.

Mother and Boy.

Child of sixteen months old to a Cousin in Boston.

A little Girl to a little Boy on his removal to New-York.

Little Girl to a little Girl, with a basket of wild flowers.

A little Girl to her friend, with a present of the Rev. Mr. Gallaudet's “Book of the Soul.”

Little Girl to her Pet Lamb.

The Bee and Butterfly.

Aunt Nancy and her Parrot.

Dialogue between the Canary and Humming Bird.

Cat and Kittens.

Difference of Color.

Thoughts among Flowers.

Letter from a little Western Emigrant Girl.

Motto for a painted Work-Box.

Birth-Day Verses.

Dialogue between Orphan Sisters.

Winter Thoughts.

Entrance to a Sunday School.

“He is about my path,—and about my bed.”

“He feedeth the young ravens that cry.”

Sunday School Hymn.

A Scripture Story.

Christ blessing the Children.

Death of the youngest Child.

Praise for religious Instruction.

Funeral Hymn for a Sunday School Scholar.

The First Martyr.

On a Child of two and a half years old, who wiped the tears of his Father with his dying hand.

The Infant's Prayer.

The Last Day in the Year.

New Year's Address to the Children of the United States.

Minerva's Prize.

A Mother's Grave.

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The Sabbath.

The best of the days has come,
The day our Creator blest,
And set an example to mark its hours
By a sweet and holy rest.

'Tis a day to blessed thought
And happy feelings given.
A day to study that Blessed Book
Which shews the way to Heaven.

'Tis a day to hear of God,
Of angels and saints above,
A day to learn how to fit our souls
For their company of love.