Sarah Josepha Hale | Nawadiraat

Sarah Josepha Hale was born on October 24th, 1788 in Newport, New Hampshire. Her parents were strong advocates for education of both sexes. Therefore, Hale was taught well beyond the normal age for a woman. Later, she married a lawyer David Hale, who supported her in all scholarly endeavors. Sadly, her husband died after only nine years of marriage, leaving Hale a widow with five children. She turned to poetry as a form of income. Her most famous book, titled Poems for Our Children included a beloved story from her childhood. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” was instantly a popular nursey rhyme.

1788 - 1879

Mary's Lamb

Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And ...

Bonds

Ye may place the trusty guard, Bolt the dark and narrow room, ...

Alice Ray: A Romance In Rhyme: Canto I

CANTO I. ALICE AT HOME. The birds their love-notes warble Among the ...

The Empire Of Woman 3: The Sister

Wild as a cold, o'er prairies bounding free, The wakened spirit of ...

Alice Ray: A Romance In Rhyme: Canto II

CANTO II. THE TEMPTATION. Pale Zephyrus is yielding His last and sweetest ...

Alice Ray: A Romance In Rhyme: Canto III

CANTO III. THE HAUNTED DELL When soft the gales are blowing, And ...

The Empire Of Woman 4: The Wife

The Daughter from her father's bosom goes- The Sister drops her brother's ...

Three Hours; Or, The Vigil Of Love: First Hour

1. Many, many years ago, When the months moved very slow, Keeping ...

Iron

As, in lonely thought, I pondered On the marv'lous things of earth, ...

The Silk-Worm

There is no form upon our earth That bears the mighty Maker's ...

The Two Maidens

One came with light and laughing air, And cheek like opening blossom,- ...

The Light of Home

My boy, thou wilt dream the world is fair, And thy spirit ...

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