Who fed me from her gentle breast,And hushed me in her arms to rest,And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?My mother.When sleep forsook my open eye,Who was it sung sweet hushaby,And rocked me that I should not cry?My mother.Who sat and watched my infant headWhen sleeping on my cradle bed,And tears of sweet affection shed?My mother.
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1 passage by Ann Taylor, from My Mother. Ann Taylor died in 1866, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the printed source named on its page.
About Ann Taylor
English poet and children’s writer (1782–1866). With her sister Jane she wrote Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804) and Rhymes for the Nursery (1806), where Jane’s “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” first appeared.
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