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Ann Taylor was an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. In the years immediately before her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic with a growing reputation. However, she is best remembered as the elder sister and collaborator of Jane Taylor.

✵ 30. January 1782 – 20. December 1866
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Famous Ann Taylor (poet) Quotes

“For God, who lives above the skies,
Would look with vengeance in his eyes
If I should ever dare despise
My mother.”

Ann Taylor (poet)

"My Mother" (1804)

“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 (poet)

"My Mother," from Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804)

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

Ann Taylor (poet)

Jane Taylor, "A Child's Hymn of Praise," from Hymns for Infant Minds (1810)
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