Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POISONOUS FRUIT, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poet's Biography First Line: As tommy and his sister jane Last Line: Again along the shady lane. Subject(s): Death - Children; Poisons And Poisoning; Death - Babies | ||||||||
AS Tommy and his sister Jane Were walking down a shady lane, They saw some berries, bright and red, That hung around and over head; And soon the bough they bended down, To make the scarlet fruit their own; And part they ate, and part, in play, They threw about, and flung away. But long they had not been at home Before poor Jane and little Tom Were taken sick, and ill, to bed, And since, I've heard, they both are dead. Alas! had Tommy understood That fruit in lanes is seldom good, He might have walked with little Jane Again along the shady lane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AMBITIOUS SOPHY by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) |
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