Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 159
to my easy chair,I the village green can spy— Once I usd to follow there,March, or beat my new-bought drum:Happy times! no more to come. There I see my fellows gay, Sporting on the daisied turf,And midst their cheerful play, Stoppd by many a merry laugtt;But the sight I cannot bear,Leaning in my… … POOR DONKEYS EPITAPH. DOWN in this ditch poor Donkey lies,Who joggd with many a load ; And till the day death closd his eyes,Browsd up and down this road. No shelter had he for his head,Whatever winds might blow; A neighbouring common was his bed,Though dressd in sheets of snow. In this green ditch…
Children's poetry, English
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