Jane Taylor (September 23, 1783 - April 13, 1824), was an English poet and novelist. She wrote the words for the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in 1806 at age 23, while living in Shilling Street, Lavenham, Suffolk. The poem is now known worldwide, but its authorship is generally forgotten. It was first published under the title "The Star" in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her older sister Ann (later Mrs. Gilbert). The sisters, and their authorship of various works, have often been confused, in part because their early works were published together. Ann Taylor's son, Josiah Gilbert, wrote in her biography, "two little poems–'My Mother,' and 'Twinkle, twinkle, little Star,' are perhaps, more frequently quoted than any; the first, a lyric of life, was by Ann, the second, of nature, by Jane; and they illustrate this difference between the sisters."
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 54
Oh, yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final end of ill,
To pangs of n...[read poem]
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Will be the final end of ill,
To pangs of n...
ray
How many guys are sitting at their kitchen tables
right now, one-thirty in the morning, thi...[read poem]
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right now, one-thirty in the morning, thi...
the higher pantheism
The sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills and the plains,-
Are not these, O Soul, the V...[read poem]
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Are not these, O Soul, the V...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 6
One writes, that "Other friends remain,"
That "Loss is common to the race"--
A...[read poem]
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That "Loss is common to the race"--
A...
the orphan
MY father and mother are dead,
No friend or relation I have :
And now the cold earth i...[read poem]
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No friend or relation I have :
And now the cold earth i...
crossing the bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the...[read poem]
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And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: [prelude]
Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,
By fai...[read poem]
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Whom we, that have not seen thy face,
By fai...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 30
With trembling fingers did we weave
The holly round the Christmas hearth;
A ra...[read poem]
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The holly round the Christmas hearth;
A ra...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 44
How fares it with the happy dead?
For here the man is more and more;
But he fo...[read poem]
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For here the man is more and more;
But he fo...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 56
"So careful of the type?" but no.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone
She cr...[read poem]
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From scarped cliff and quarried stone
She cr...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 3
O Sorrow, cruel fellowship,
O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
O sweet and bi...[read poem]
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O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
O sweet and bi...
idylls of the king: the last tournament
Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood
Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round,
A...[read poem]
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Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round,
A...
break, break, break
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue coul...[read poem]
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On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue coul...
idylls of the king: the passing of arthur
That story which the bold Sir Bedivere,
First made and latest left of all the knights,
Tol...[read poem]
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First made and latest left of all the knights,
Tol...
the eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the a...[read poem]
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Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the a...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii [all 133 poems]
Preface: Strong Son of God, immortal Love
1. I hel...[read poem]
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1. I hel...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 7
Dark house, by which once more I stand
Here in the long unlovely street,
Doors...[read poem]
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Here in the long unlovely street,
Doors...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 15
To-night the winds begin to rise
And roar from yonder dropping day:
The last r...[read poem]
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And roar from yonder dropping day:
The last r...
the princess: now sleeps the crimson petal
Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor...[read poem]
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Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor...
claribel
Where Claribel low-lieth
The breezes pause and die,
Letting the rose-leaves fall:...[read poem]
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The breezes pause and die,
Letting the rose-leaves fall:...
the charge of the light brigade
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
...[read poem]
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Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 2
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the under-lying dead,
Thy fibr...[read poem]
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That name the under-lying dead,
Thy fibr...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 11
Calm is the morn without a sound,
Calm as to suit a calmer grief,
And only thr...[read poem]
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Calm as to suit a calmer grief,
And only thr...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 5
I sometimes hold it half a sin
To put in words the grief I feel;
For words, li...[read poem]
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To put in words the grief I feel;
For words, li...
idylls of the king: song from the marriage of geraint
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud;
Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, ...[read poem]
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Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, ...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 45
The baby new to earth and sky,
What time his tender palm is prest
Against the ...[read poem]
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What time his tender palm is prest
Against the ...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 27
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within...[read poem]
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The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 22
The path by which we twain did go,
Which led by tracts that pleased us well,
T...[read poem]
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Which led by tracts that pleased us well,
T...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 39
Old warder of these buried bones,
And answering now my random stroke
With frui...[read poem]
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And answering now my random stroke
With frui...
in memoriam a. h. h. obiit mdcccxxxiii: 55
The wish, that of the living whole
No life may fail beyond the grave,
Derives ...[read poem]
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No life may fail beyond the grave,
Derives ...
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