Poems for our Children

by Sarah J. Hale

 

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POEMS

FOR

OUR CHILDREN.

BY

MRS SARAH J. HALE.

 

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POEMS

FOR OUR CHILDREN:

DESIGNED FOR

FAMILIES, SABBATH SCHOOLS, AND INFANT SCHOOLS.

WRITTEN TO INCULCATE MORAL TRUTHS AND VIRTUOUS SENTIMENTS.

 

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BY MRS SARAH J. HALE.

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'The love of country and the love of God.'

'Long may it be ere luxury teach the shame,
To starve the mind, and bloat the unwieldly frame.'

Mrs Sigourney.

 

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PART FIRST.

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BOSTON:
MARSH, CAPEN & LYON.
1830.

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BOSTON:
Waitt & Dow's Print, 122 Washington-St.

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To all Good Children in the United States.

Dear Children,

I wrote this book for you—to please and instruct you. I know children love to read rhymes, and sing little verses; but they often read silly rhymes, and such manner of spending their time is not good. I intended, when I began to write this book, to furnish you with a few pretty songs and poems which would teach you truths, and, I hope, induce you to love truth and goodness. Children who love their parents and their home, can soon teach their hearts to love their God and their country.

I offer you the 'First Part' of 'Poems for our Children'—if you like these I shall soon write the Second Part, and perhaps I shall make a larger book.

SARAH J. HALE.

Boston, May 1, 1830.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Birds
• Mary's Lamb
• My Mother's Sweet Kiss
• Spring
• Summer Morning
• The Mole and the Eagle
• Choosing the Flower
• The Thunder Storm
• My Country
• The Boy, the Bee, and the Butterfly
• Sabbath Morning
• The Lesson
• The Bright Hearth
• The Stars
• Prayer

MARSH, CAPEN & LYON.

 

NO. 362 WASHINGTON ST—BOSTON,

 

HAVE CONSTANTLY FOR SALE,

 

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

 

JUVENILE BOOKS.

 

ON THE MOST LIBERAL TERMS.