"And you each gentle animal In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your call, If you are always kind."
— Sarah Josepha Hale

January 1, 1970

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Editors from the United States19th-century poets from the United StatesWomen born before the 19th centuryWomen activists from the United StatesPeople from New Hampshire
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"Mary's Lamb", st. 3; Poems for our Children (1830), pp. 6–7

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"Mary's Lamb", st. 3; Poems for our Children (1830), pp. 6–7