Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 167
r life. Mamma appeard at Bettys call j John for the Doctor goes;The measles, he begins to think, Dread symptoms all disclose. But though I stay, my Emma, you May go and spend the day. 0 no, mamma, replied the child, Do suffer me to stay. Beside my sisters bed Ill sit, And watch her with such… … THE CRUEL THORN. A BIT of wool sticks here upon this thorn,Ah, cruel thorn, to tear it from the sheep! And yet, perhaps, with pain its fleece was worn,Its coat so thick, a hot and cumbrous heap. The wool a little bird takes in his bill, And with it up to yonder tree he flies:A nest hes building…
Children's poetry, English
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