Classic Quotes by Ann Taylor

1782-1866

English children’s writer and poet

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 (st. 6)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star!,
How I wonder what you are,,
Up above the worlds so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
- Rhymes for the Nursery–The Star

Thank you, pretty cow, that made,
Pleasant milk to soak my bread.
- The Cow

Sweet innocent, the mother cried,
And started from her nook.
That horrid fly is put to hide
The sharpness of the hook.
- The Little Fish that Would Not Do as It Was Bid