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Слушать(AI)Little Girls Must Not Fret
AT is it that makes little Emily cry?
Come then, let mamma wipe the tear from her eye:
There–lay down your head on my bosom–that's right,
And now tell mamma what's the matter to-night.
What!
Emmy is sleepy, and tired with play?
Come,
Betty, make haste then, and fetch her away;
But do not be fretful, my darling; you
Mamma cannot love little girls that are so. She shall soon go to bed and forget it all there–Ah! here's her sweet smile come again,
I declare:
That's right, for I thought you quite naughty before.
Good night, my dear child, but don't fret any more.
Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor (30 January 1782 – 20 December 1866) was an English poet and literary critic. She gained long-lasting popularity in her youth as a wr
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