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The Star


By Ann and Jane Taylor


 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are !
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When she nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the trav'ller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often thro' my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.

'Tis your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the trav'ller in the dark :
Tho' I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.


 

Ann Taylor (1782-1866) and Jane Taylor (1783-1824) were well known poem and hymn writers who lived in Stockwell Street, Colchester towards the end of the 18th Century. While most of us are familiar with the first verse from the poem as a nursery rhyme, it was in fact written as a poem by the two sisters and published in 1806. There is some debate as to which sister actually wrote the poem, and hence generally it is listed as both of them. Although a one line dedication in the original book does indicate that it was Jane who had the original idea.

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