Ann Taylor (poet)

Ann Taylor (June 30 1782 – December 20 1866) was a writer of hymns and nursery rhymes. Her sister was Jane Taylor.

Quotes

 * Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.
 * "My Mother," from Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804)


 * For God, who lives above the skies, Would look with vengeance in his eyes If I should ever dare despise My mother.
 * "My Mother" (1804)

Misattributed

 * I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me in these Christian days, A happy English child.
 * Jane Taylor, "A Child's Hymn of Praise," from Hymns for Infant Minds (1810)


 * I love little pussy, her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her she'll do me no harm.
 * Anon, "Little Pussy," from Hints for the Formation of Infant Schools (1829)