Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMBITIOUS SOPHY, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846)


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AMBITIOUS SOPHY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Miss sophy, one fine sunny day
Last Line: Was hurt and bruised—for down she fell.


MISS Sophy, one fine sunny day,
Left her work and ran away;
When soon she reach'd the garden-gate,
Which finding lock'd, she would not wait,
But tried to climb and scramble o'er
A gate as high as any door.

But little girls should never climb,
And Sophy won't another time;
For when, upon the highest rail,
Her frock was caught upon a nail,
She lost her hold, and, sad to tell,
Was hurt and bruised—for down she fell.





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