Ann Taylor (poet)

“I love little pussy, her coat is so warm;And if I don't hurt her she'll do me no harm.”

“I thank the goodness and the graceWhich on my birth have smiled,And made me in these Christian days,A happy English child.”

“For God, who lives above the skies,Would look with vengeance in his eyesIf I should ever dare despiseMy mother.”

“Who ran to help me when I fell,And would some pretty story tell,Or kiss the place to make it well?My mother.”