Poems for our children: including Mary had a little lamb: designed for families, Sabbath schools, and infant schools: written to inculcate moral truths and virtuous sentiments

About this book

Sarah Josepha Hale’s poems address children at home and in school, using verse to shape conduct and religious feeling while entertaining young readers. This reprinted volume preserves the collection in which “Mary Had a Little Lamb” first appeared. In one dialogue, a child chooses a violet because it grew beneath a rose, turning a small decision into a lesson in generosity. Elsewhere, a bee urges Edward to use his youth well, while a Sabbath poem weighs life’s passing years against devotion and care for others.