Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor (September 23, 1783 – April 13, 1824) was an English poet and novelist. Her sister was Ann Taylor. Quotes Are we not children, all of us? Last Words, quoted in Famous Sayings and their Authors, p. 7 Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are,Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky! "The Star," from Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804). I thank the goodness and the graceWhich on my birth have smiled,And made me in these Christian days,A happy English child. "A Child's Hymn of Praise," from Hymns for Infant Minds (1810). Though man a thinking being is defined,Few use the grand prerogative of mind.How few think justly of the thinking few!How many never think, who think they do! "Prejudice", stanza 45, in Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners (London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816), p. 36. Far from mortal cares retreating,Sordid hopes and vain desires,Here, our willing footsteps meeting,Every heart to heaven aspires. Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Oh that it were my chief delightTo do the things I ought!Then let me try with all my mightTo mind what I am taught. For a Very Little Child, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Bartlett's notes this work to be written by Ann Taylor. Misattributed Who ran to help me when I fell,And would some pretty story tell,Or kiss the place to make it well?My mother. Ann Taylor, "My Mother," from Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804) 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) External links Jane Taylor (poet) Edward Latham: Famous Sayings And Their Authors, Second Edition, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain, 1906 Category:Poets from England Category:Children's authors Category:Hymnwriters from England Category:1783 births Category:1824 deaths Category:Novelists from England Category:Women authors from England Category:People from London Category:Women born before the 19th century