Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PLAYING WITH FIRE, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846)


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PLAYING WITH FIRE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The friends of little mary green
Last Line: Again, before she died!
Subject(s): Accidents; Death - Children; Fire; Girls; Play; Death - Babies


THE friends of little Mary Green
Are now in deep distress,
The family will soon be seen
To wear a mournful dress!

It seems from litter on the floor,
She had been lighting straws,
Which caught the muslin frock she wore,
A sad event to cause.

Her screams were loud and quickly heard
And remedies applied,
But all in vain, she scarcely stirr'd
Again, before she died!





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