Ann Taylor (poet)

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

Ann Taylor (right) and her sister, Jane Taylor (left), by Isaac 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)