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Author

Taylor, Jane (1783-1824).

Title

Original poems, for infant minds, by several young persons. 4^th ed. of Vol. I. 1^st ed. of Vol. II.

Imprint

London : Printed for Darton and Harvey

Year of Publication

1805

Call Number

WPRP 200

Physical Description:

2 v.

Citation:

Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 324

Notes

Contains Preface.

Epigraph

Contents

CONTENTS.
VOL. I
A true Story	1
The Bird's Nest	4
The Hand-Post	7
Spring	9
Summer	11
Autumn	13
Winter	15
To a Butterfly, on giving it Liberty	17
The Tempest	18
The Church-yard	20
Morning	22
Evening	23
The Idle Boy	24
The Industrious Boy	26
The little Fisherman	28
Old Age	31
The Apple Tree	32
The Disappointment	34
The Shepherd Boy	35
The Robin	38
James and the Shoulder of Mutton	39
False Alarms	41
The Child's Monitor	43
The Boys and the Apple Tree	44
The Wooden Doll and the Wax Doll	47
Idle Dicky and the Goat	49
Never play with Fire	50
The Truant Boys	52
George and the Chimney-sweeper	54
Sophia's Fool's cap	56
The Butterfly	57
The Redbreast	58
The Nightingale	59
The Lark	60
Washing and Dressing	61
The Plum Cake	62
Another Plum Cake	63
For a naughty little Girl	64
Honest old Tray	66
To a little Girl that has told a Lie	67
The two Gardens	69
My Mother	71
The Palace and Cottage	73
Ball	77
The Fox and the Crow	78
The wandering Truant	80
The Snail	83
The Holidays	84
Old Sarah	85
Old Susan	87
The Gleaner	88
Snow	89
The Pigs	91
Finery	92
Crazy Robert	93
Employment	94
The Fighting Birds	96
Creation	97
The Tempest	98

CONTENTS.
VOL. II
TURNIP Tops	1
The Vulgar Little Lady	2
Meddlesome Matty	3
The last Dying Speech and Confession of poor Puss	6
Day	10
Night	12
Deaf Martha	14
The Pin	15
The Little Bird's Complaint to his Mistress	17
The Mistress's Reply to her Little Bird	19
The true History of a poor Little Mouse	21
The Chatterbox	22
The Snowdrop	23
The Yellow Leaf	24
Poor Pompey's Complaint	25
The Pond	28
The English Girl	30
The Scotch Laddie	31
The Welch Lad	33
The Irish Boy	34
Greedy Richard	36
Dirty Jack	38
The Farm	40
Reading	42
Idleness	43
The Horse	44
The Good-natured Girls	47
Mischief	49
The Spider	51
The Cow and the Ass	52
The Blind Sailor	55
The Worm	57
Fire	58
Air	60
Earth	62
Water	63
Tit for Tat	65
Jane and Eliza	67
Eliza and Jane	69
The Baby	70
The poor Old Man	72
The notorious Glutton	74
The little Cripple's Complaint	77
Poor Donkey's Epitaph	79
The Orphan	81
Rising in the Morning	82
Going to Bed at Night	83
Frances keeps her Promise	ib.
My Old Shoes	86
To George pulling Buds	ib.
A New-year's Gift	87
The cruel Thorn	90
Nimble Dick	91
The Linnet's Nest	93
The Italian Greyhound	94
The Use of Sight	95
The Morning's Task	98
The Oak	101
Careless Matilda	102
The Mushroom Girl	105
Beasts, Birds, and Fishes	106
The Spider and his Wife	109
The Poppy	111
The Violet	112
The Way to be happy	113
Contented John	114
The Gaudy Flower	115
Sluttishness	116
December Night	118
Poverty	119
The Village Green	120