Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 120
ith the dew. I saw a smiling infant laid In its fond mothers armsAround its rosy cheek there playd A thousand dimpling charms. A bitter pain was sent to takeThe smiling babe away ; FOR INFANT MINDS. How did its little bosom shakeAs in a fit it lay ! Its beating heart was quickly stoppd, And in the… … THE YELLOW LEAF.7 SAW a leaf come tilting down, ~ 7 From a bare, witherd bough;The leaf was dead, the branch was brown,No fruit was left it now : 104 ORIGINAL POEMS, But much the rattling tempest blew,The naked boughs among ; And here and there, came whirlingA leaf that loosely hung. This leaf,…
Children's poetry, English
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