 Poor girl, hard at work in the heat of the sun, How tired and hot you must be ; Why don't you leave off, as the others have done, And sit with them under the tree ? " " Oh, no ! for my mother lies ill in her bed, Too feeble to spin or to knit ; And my...  Original Poems, for Infant Minds - Page 62by Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - 1838 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
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